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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 26, 2010Bibb County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2010, 2:13 PM CDT for Bibb County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2010, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2010, 2:50 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Bibb County, AL

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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 10:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

ALZ011>015-017>050-271530-
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-
1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS
AFTERNOON...MAINLY BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...SOME SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.  THE
PRIMARY THREAT LOCATION WILL BE IN A ZONE FROM ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 20 AND ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDORS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

17/KLAWS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
945 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

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

1157 AM     HAIL             4 WSW JASPER            33.84N 87.33W
06/25/2010  E0.88 INCH       WALKER             AL   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL FOR OVER 2 MINUTES JUST WEST OF
            JASPER ON FUTURE INTERSTATE 22. A STRONG WIND GUST UP TO
            40 MPH WAS ALSO REPORTED.

0159 PM     HAIL             5 SW HOLT               33.20N 87.56W
06/25/2010  E0.75 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DEARING PLACE SUBDIVISION

0209 PM     HEAVY RAIN       5 SW HOLT               33.20N 87.56W
06/25/2010  E3.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            12TH AND 13TH STREETS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH 4 TO 5
            INCHES OF WATER FOR ABOUT 500 FEET.

0216 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEEDS                   33.55N 86.56W
06/25/2010                   JEFFERSON          AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG MAIN STREET.

0229 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW MCFARLAND MALL     33.13N 87.56W
06/25/2010                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AROUND AND SOUTH OF
            TUSCALOOSA.

0233 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOODY                   33.60N 86.49W
06/25/2010                   ST. CLAIR          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN IN MOODY.

0237 PM     HAIL             TAYLORVILLE             33.15N 87.54W
06/25/2010  E0.50 INCH       TUSCALOOSA         AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CENTREVILLE             32.97N 87.13W
06/25/2010                   BIBB               AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN IN DOWNTOWN CENTREVILLE AND ANOTHER DOWN ON
            COUNTY ROAD 1.

0355 PM     HAIL             4 W DADEVILLE           32.83N 85.83W
06/25/2010  E0.75 INCH       TALLAPOOSA         AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SMALL HAIL REPORTED WEST OF DADEVILLE.

0432 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNE ELDRIDGE          33.96N 87.60W
06/25/2010                   WALKER             AL   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN A PASTURE ALONG COUNTY ROAD
            13.

&&

HB

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1158 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

ALZ022-261745-
PICKENS AL-
1158 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY UNTIL
1245 PM CDT...

AT 1155 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR REFORM...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTH PICKENS AIRPORT AROUND 1205 PM CDT.
LUBBUB AROUND 1235 PM CDT.
GORDO AROUND 1240 PM CDT.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

17/KLAWS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:27 PM CDT, 46 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
Jun 26, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	51 min
Jun 26, 1:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	114 min
Jun 26, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	38 min
Jun 26, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	52 min
Jun 26, 1:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	2 hr
Jun 26, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	56 min
Jun 26, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	38 min
Jun 26, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Talladega	38 min
Jun 26, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	26 min

Nearby

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

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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.