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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 383, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 30, 2006Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 30, 2006, 10:57 PM CST for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Nov 30, 2006, 10:57 PM CST (04:57 UTC)
Expired: Nov 30, 2006, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, AL

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 30, 8:15 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 8:15 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 6:54 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 30, 9:57 PM CST, 1 hour before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
957 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

ALZ032>034-010430-
BIBB-HALE-PERRY-
957 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR PERRY...HALE AND BIBB
COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CST...

...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 955 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MOUNDVILLE TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MARION.  THE THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR
MOUNDVILLE...MARION...WILEY AND MERTZ THROUGH 1030 PM CST.

THE PRIMARY THREAT IS STRONG GUSTY WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS OF
THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. IF WEATHER
PERMITS...SECURE LOOSE ARTICLES BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.

12/SIRMON

Special weather statement, Nov 30, 10:15 PM CST, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 30, 10:19 PM CST, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 30, 10:40 PM CST, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 30, 10:45 PM CST, 12 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
Nov 30, 10:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale	28 min
Nov 30, 10:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	34 min
Nov 30, 10:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	34 min
Nov 30, 10:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	27 min
Nov 30, 11:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	20 min
Nov 30, 11:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	13 min
Nov 30, 11:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	28 min
Dec 1, 3:54 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	10 hr

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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.