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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2010, 6:35 PM CDT for Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 15, 2010, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2010, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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 Aug 15, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1158 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-161130- 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- 1158 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 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 COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...FOR AREAS THAT ARE GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN WITH ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME POTENTIALLY PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING. STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM NOON UNTIL 10 PM...GENERALLY NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 59. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 105 DEGREES ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 424 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 ALZ017-024-152215- BLOUNT AL-JEFFERSON AL- 424 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLOUNT AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 418 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAYDEN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... GARDENDALE... PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE... DALLAS... ARKADELPHIA... COUNTY LINE... 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. 27
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 442 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 ALZ015-023-024-152230- JEFFERSON AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-WALKER AL- 442 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WALKER...WESTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 437 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF GORGAS STEAM PLANT...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF CORDOVA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BULL CITY... OAK GROVE... BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM... LITTLE SHOAL... 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. 27
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 115 min |
| Aug 15, 4:08 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar and 8 more | 36 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar | 116 min |
| Aug 15, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 17 min |
| Aug 15, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 44 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2010Every 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.