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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 20, 2010Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2010, 4:10 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 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: May 20, 2010, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2010, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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
May 20, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 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 May 20, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 1:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 20, 2:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
221 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

ALZ012-022-202000-
LAMAR-PICKENS-
221 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAMAR AND PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 300
PM CDT...

AT 217 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS TO 19 MILES WEST
OF PANOLA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS TO 26 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PICKENSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  FOREST.
  MELBORNE.
  STAR.
  PICKENSVILLE.
  HIGHTOGY.
  GARDEN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

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

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Special weather statement, May 20, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 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
May 20, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	28 min
May 20, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	43 min
May 20, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	33 min
May 20, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Tuscaloosa	45 min
May 20, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	35 min
May 20, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	52 min
May 20, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	39 min
May 20, 5:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	3 hr
May 20, 5:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	3 hr
May 20, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	17 min
May 20, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	43 min
May 20, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	41 min
May 20, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.