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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 20, 2010Clay County, Talladega County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2010, 8:14 PM CDT for Clay County, Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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: May 20, 2010, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2010, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 20, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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 May 20, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 1:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 20, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 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
May 20, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	40 min
May 20, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	32 min
May 20, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	41 min
May 20, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	47 min
May 20, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	41 min
May 20, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	36 min
May 20, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	33 min
May 21, 5:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar, Marion	3 hr
May 21, 5:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	51 min
May 21, 6:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	3 hr
May 21, 6:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Winston	3 hr
May 21, 7:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	3 hr
May 21, 7:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	43 min
May 21, 8:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	46 min
May 21, 8:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston	5 hr
May 21, 9:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	53 min
May 21, 9:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	4 hr
May 21, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Randolph	27 min
May 21, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	56 min
May 21, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	47 min
May 21, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Perry	59 min
May 21, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	54 min
May 21, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	55 min
May 21, 2:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo	30 min
May 21, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	27 min
May 21, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	46 min
May 21, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	43 min
May 21, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.