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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 22, 20194 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2019, 5:17 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 43 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: Jun 22, 2019, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chambers County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

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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
Jun 22, 1:27 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 Jun 22, 2:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:08 AM CDT, 13 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:58 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:04 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:05 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:07 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:10 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 minute 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 21, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Cherokee, Etowah	71 min
Jun 22, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	23 min
Jun 22, 2:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	42 min
Jun 22, 12:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	27 min
Jun 22, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	23 min
Jun 22, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	26 min
Jun 22, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	37 min
Jun 22, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	34 min
Jun 22, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	30 min
Jun 22, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	42 min
Jun 22, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	31 min
Jun 22, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	38 min
Jun 22, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	31 min
Jun 22, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	39 min
Jun 22, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	36 min
Jun 22, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	44 min
Jun 22, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	42 min
Jun 22, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	47 min
Jun 22, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	55 min
Jun 22, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	27 min
Jun 22, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	40 min
Jun 22, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	51 min
Jun 22, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah, St. Clair	50 min
Jun 22, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	41 min
Jun 22, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah	47 min
Jun 22, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	57 min
Jun 22, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	47 min
Jun 22, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	42 min
Jun 22, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Talladega	65 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee, Cleburne	49 min
Jun 22, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	45 min
Jun 22, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	29 min
Jun 22, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	29 min
Jun 22, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar, Marion	27 min
Jun 22, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	39 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	47 min
Jun 22, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens	23 min
Jun 22, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	30 min
Jun 22, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	42 min
Jun 22, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	46 min
Jun 22, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	43 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.