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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 2, 2009Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2009, 2:25 PM CDT for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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: Jun 2, 2009, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 Jun 2, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 2:15 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
215 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

ALZ011>015-017>050-031129-
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-
215 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH 9 PM.  SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY
BRINGING WITH IT THE POSSIBILITY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE
POTENTIAL THREATS WILL BE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

03

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
114 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

ALZ046-050-021900-
BARBOUR-BULLOCK-
114 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BARBOUR AND BULLOCK COUNTIES UNTIL
200 PM CDT...

AT 113 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR PICKETT...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDWAY...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  MOUNT ANDREW.
  PICKETT.
  THREE NOTCH.
  ABERFOIL.

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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

12/SIRMON

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
115 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

ALZ034-021845-
BIBB-
115 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

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

AT 114 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEST CENTREVILLE...OR NEAR BRENT. THIS STORM WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  WEST CENTREVILLE.
  CENTREVILLE.
  EOLINE.

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

KSL

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:06 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
206 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

ALZ033-034-021945-
BIBB-PERRY-
206 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BIBB AND PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM
CDT...

AT 205 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING MULTIPLE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

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

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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

12/SIRMON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	50 min
Jun 2, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	37 min
Jun 2, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore	42 min
Jun 2, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	37 min
Jun 2, 6:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lee	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.