Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 395, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT for St. Clair County, Shelby County, Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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
- Jul 22, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 12:34 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 Jul 21, 3:15 PM CDT, 23 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 3:15 PM CDT, 23 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 2:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lee | 95 min |
| Jul 22, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa, Walker | 26 min |
| Jul 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Tallapoosa | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 16 min |
| Jul 22, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Talladega | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Shelby | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.