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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 364, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 23, 2006Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 2006, 2:23 PM CDT for Dallas County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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: Sep 23, 2006, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 2006, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dallas County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 23, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 1:37 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
137 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

ALZ011>015-017>050-241830-
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-
137 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM...AND MAINLY NORTH OF A
ALICEVILLE...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO PIEDMONT LINE.  THE PRIMARY THREAT
WILL BE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL.  OTHER
STRONG ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
SOUTHERN COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

MORE WIDESPREAD STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON
SUNDAY...BEGINNING AROUND 8 AM IN THE NORTHWEST AND LASTING UNTIL 8
PM IN THE SOUTHEAST. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY FORM A SQUALL
LINE...WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 55 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AFTER SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

03

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 23, 10:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Etowah	40 min
Sep 22, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	21 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.