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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 2, 2010Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2010, 6:51 PM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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: Jun 2, 2010, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2010, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Marion County, AL

The radar

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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, 6:39 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 6:39 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 12:32 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:05 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:22 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
622 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ALZ028-030000-
CLAY-
622 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 618 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  GUNTHERTOWN.
  SPRINGHILL.
  ASHLAND.

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

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:30 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
630 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ALZ011>013-030030-
FAYETTE-LAMAR-MARION-
630 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FAYETTE...LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR CREWS...OR 6 MILES EAST OF SULLIGENT...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH. A SECOND STORM IS ALSO ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTY
AND WILL IMPACT HACKLEBURG.

DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  CREWS.
  BEAVERTON.
  BLOOMING GROVE.
  BLUFF.
  GU-WIN.

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

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:36 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
636 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ALZ025>027-030030-
SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
636 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SHELBY...ST. CLAIR AND TALLADEGA
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR VANDIVER...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEEDS...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  VANDIVER.
  CAMP WINNATASAKA.
  VINCENT.
  PLEASANT GROVE.
  LOGAN MARTIN DAM.
  COOSA ISLAND.

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Perry	56 min
Jun 2, 2:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	2 hr
Jun 2, 3:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	62 min
Jun 2, 3:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	3 hr
Jun 2, 4:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	119 min
Jun 2, 4:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo	2 hr
Jun 2, 4:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Marengo	3 hr
Jun 2, 4:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	112 min
Jun 2, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas, Perry	119 min
Jun 2, 4:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Randolph	116 min
Jun 2, 5:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marengo	2 hr
Jun 2, 6:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	119 min
Jun 2, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	33 min
Jun 2, 6:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Sumter	111 min

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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.