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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 4, 2008Chilton County, Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2008, 2:22 PM CDT for Chilton County, Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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: Apr 4, 2008, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chilton County, AL, Shelby County, AL

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 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 Apr 4, 6:40 AM CDT, 7 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:40 AM CDT, 7 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 11:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 4, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
108 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

ALZ032-041845-
HALE-
108 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HALE COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CDT...

AT 103 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR AKRON...OR 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  HARPER HILL.
  MOUNDVILLE AIRPORT.
  PHIPPS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

17/KLAWS

Local storm report, Apr 4, 1:36 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
136 PM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0103 PM     HAIL             16 SE TUSCALOOSA        33.07N 87.35W
04/04/2008  E0.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HAGLER.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 4, 2:00 PM CDT, 22 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
Apr 4, 3:58 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	15 hr
Apr 4, 12:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee	35 min
Apr 4, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa	44 min
Apr 4, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	40 min
Apr 4, 1:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	47 min
Apr 4, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	29 min
Apr 4, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	51 min
Apr 4, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair	35 min
Apr 4, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Talladega	45 min
Apr 4, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee	30 min
Apr 4, 1:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb	35 min
Apr 4, 1:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	47 min
Apr 4, 2:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	44 min
Apr 4, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair	28 min
Apr 4, 2:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega	51 min
Apr 4, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	26 min
Apr 4, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	39 min
Apr 4, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	35 min
Apr 4, 2:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	42 min
Apr 4, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair	15 min
Apr 4, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter and 1 more	45 min
Apr 4, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	29 min
Apr 4, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	42 min
Apr 4, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	35 min
Apr 4, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Marengo	50 min
Apr 4, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega	35 min
Apr 4, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	34 min
Apr 4, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair	29 min
Apr 4, 3:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa	43 min
Apr 4, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Talladega	27 min
Apr 4, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby and 1 more	51 min
Apr 4, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	32 min
Apr 4, 3:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne	29 min
Apr 4, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	43 min
Apr 4, 3:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	44 min
Apr 4, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Cleburne	20 min
Apr 4, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	36 min
Apr 4, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby	27 min
Apr 4, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	26 min
Apr 4, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery	47 min
Apr 4, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	40 min
Apr 4, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	52 min
Apr 4, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega	46 min
Apr 4, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	36 min
Apr 4, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	14 min
Apr 4, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph and 1 more	52 min
Apr 4, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	66 min
Apr 4, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	36 min
Apr 4, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	37 min
Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Tallapoosa	42 min
Apr 4, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	38 min
Apr 4, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	63 min
Apr 4, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	31 min

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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.