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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2010, 6:47 PM CDT for Elmore County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 23, 2010, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2010, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elmore County, AL, Montgomery County, AL
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 23, 6:21 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 6:21 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 621 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR OVERALL FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH SEVERAL CITIES NOW REPORTING TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES. THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS AROUND (PERHAPS A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER AS WELL)...BUT THE REMAINS THE EXCEPTION RATHER THAN THE RULE. WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME LEFTOVER WEATHER IN THE FIRST PERIOD TONIGHT...WITH SMALL POPS (20 PERCENT OR LESS) IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES. WHAT CONVECTION WAS LEFT OF BONNIE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WAS FAIRLY DISORGANIZED LOOKING ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE DOES NOT COVER A LOT OF AREA...AND THE COMPUTER MODELS (AND OFFICIAL TRACK FORECAST) SUGGEST ITS AFFECTS ON CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL BE PERIPHERAL AT MOST. SO...WE ARE LEFT WITH ANOTHER HOT DAY ON SATURDAY...AND THEN NOT QUITE AS HOT ON SUNDAY. THE INDIRECT IMPACT OF BONNIE MAY BE TO BRING DEEPER MOISTURE (HIGHER DEWPOINTS) INTO OUR AREA BY SUNDAY. SO EVEN THOUGH TEMPS MAY BE SEVERAL DEGREES LOWER...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY NOT BE MUCH LOWER AT ALL DUE TO THE INCREASED HUMIDITY. LONG RANGE MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BECOME RE-ESTABLISHED OVER ALABAMA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THUS...ABOVE TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE. THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT A LONGWAVE TROUGH MAY ACTUALLY START TO DIG INTO THE EASTERN STATES NEXT WEEKEND. WE SHALL SEE. /61/ && .AVIATION...00Z TAF DISCUSSION. AT ISSUANCE...NORTHERN SITES REMAIN FAIRLY QUIET. CU FIELDS ARE DIMINISHING AND A FEW HIGH CLOUDS REMAIN. THIS WILL BE THE CASE THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT HOUR WHEN TCL/EET/ANB WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO SEE SOME MVFR FOG SETTLE IN. TCL COULD SEE MORE HIGH CLOUDS THAN OTHER SITES AS THE BLOW OFF FROM TROPICAL STORM BONNIE WILL LIKELY ONLY AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR AREA. FOR THE SOUTHERN SITES OF MGM AND TOI...A LITTLE MORE ACTIVITY AT ISSUANCE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE SCATTERED AT BEST HAVE BECOME A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED AND ARE AFFECTING BOTH SITES. TOI SHOULD BE DONE BY 00Z...BUT MGM COULD STILL SEE SOME TSRA THROUGH 01Z WITH A WIND GUST TO 30KTS. THERE WILL STILL BE AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AT BOTH SOUTHERN SITES BUT WITH THIS BEING SUCH A SMALL CHANCE...WILL LEAVE OUT OF PREVAILING. MVFR FOG LIKELY AT BOTH MGM AND TOI AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WELL AS CURRENT RAINFALL WILL LIKELY INCREASE THE CHANCE OF THIS. NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO THE END OF THE FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF 2010. THE CEILOMETER DATA WILL BE GOING THROUGH NUMEROUS TESTS AND MONITORED FOR ACCURACY. 27 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 2:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 242 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-241130- 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- 242 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES AREA WIDE WITH HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 103 AND 109 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 70S. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES WILL BE NEAR 105 DEGREES... THEREFORE...THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 75
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 526 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010 ALZ037-045-232315- MACON AL-TALLAPOOSA AL- 526 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN TALLAPOOSA AND NORTHERN MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 523 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NOTASULGA...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... LIBERTY CITY... FRANKLIN... WOODLAND... REELTOWN... 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. 14
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:48 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 548 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010 ALZ044-046-049-232330- BULLOCK AL-MONTGOMERY AL-PIKE AL- 548 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHWESTERN BULLOCK AND WESTERN PIKE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 544 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HARDAWAY TO PINE LEVEL TO TROY UNIVERSITY...AND MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... MEADVILLE... GOSHEN... PINE LEVEL... ANSLEY... DUBLIN... 14
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 6:09 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 609 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010 ALZ043-240000- ELMORE AL- 609 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 605 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR REEVES AIRPORT...OR NEAR TALLASSEE...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WETUMPKA... EMERALD MOUNTAIN... BLUE RIDGE... WARE... CLAUD... 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. 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 50 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.