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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 343, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 11, 2006Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2006, 2:36 PM CDT for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2006, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tallapoosa County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 11, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 11, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
125 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006

ALZ011>015-017>050-121830-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
115 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AND TONIGHT.

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA FROM 1 PM UNTIL
10 PM. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL GENERALLY BE
EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 WHERE THE AIR MASS HAS WARMED AND BECOME MORE
UNSTABLE. WHERE STORMS PERSIST FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN A VERY
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

A LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH CENTRAL
ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE COMBINATION OF
RELATIVELY STRONG ATMOSPHERIC WINDS IN PLACE...ABUNDANT MOISTURE...
AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO TWO INCHES ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS
EXPECTED FROM THE STORMS.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING
AFTER 10 PM CDT TONIGHT.

WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL:
BIRMINGHAM...LOW.
MONTGOMERY...MODERATE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY...MAINLY
BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM CDT...SOUTH OF A LIVINGSTON TO CLANTON TO
WEDOWEE LINE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.  THE MAIN HAZARDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS ALL LOCATIONS MAINLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND
10 PM CDT.  ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY NOON TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY
SOUTH OF A LIVINGSTON TO WEDOWEE LINE.

KSL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:29 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
229 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006

ALZ036-037-112030-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-
229 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE
POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODWATER TO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WEOGUFKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR
GOODWATER...WEOGUFKA...KELLYTON...GOLDVILLE...ROCKFORD...NEW SITE...
ALEXANDER CITY AND WIND CREEK STATE PARK THROUGH 330 PM CDT.

THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STRONG WINDS WILL BREAK OFF SMALL
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE
AND TRASH CANS. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING BY
SEEKING SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL ENCLOSED BUILDING OR A METAL
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOU ARE ON THE WATER AND YOUR BOAT HAS A CABIN... USE
THE CABIN FOR A LIGHTNING SHELTER. OTHERWISE...BOATERS SHOULD HEAD TO
SHORE AND SEEK SHELTER THERE. AVOID ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND OTHER
OBJECTS WHICH CAN CONDUCT LIGHTNING. WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER
THE LAST RUMBLE OF THUNDER BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery	31 min

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Sources

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