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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 12, 2010Fayette County, Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2010, 3:37 AM CST for Fayette County, Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 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: Mar 12, 2010, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2010, 4:30 AM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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
Mar 11, 11:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Mar 12, 2:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 Mar 11, 5:37 PM CST, 10 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 5:37 PM CST, 10 hours 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
Mar 11, 9:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Macon, Randolph, Tallapoosa	12 hr
Mar 12, 1:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	38 min
Mar 12, 1:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	31 min
Mar 12, 2:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	53 min
Mar 12, 2:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	56 min
Mar 12, 2:39 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Mar 12, 2:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	58 min
Mar 12, 3:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	46 min
Mar 12, 3:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	45 min
Mar 12, 3:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	65 min
Mar 12, 3:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	63 min
Mar 12, 3:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	39 min
Mar 12, 3:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo, Perry	48 min
Mar 12, 4:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	44 min
Mar 12, 4:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	45 min
Mar 12, 4:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	17 min
Mar 12, 4:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	41 min
Mar 12, 5:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	45 min
Mar 12, 5:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	52 min
Mar 12, 5:44 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby	86 min
Mar 12, 6:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	29 min
Mar 12, 6:35 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Montgomery	25 hr
Mar 12, 1:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	23 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.