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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 27, 2019Cherokee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2019, 5:00 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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 27, 2019, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2019, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cherokee County, AL

The radar

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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 Jun 27, 1:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:06 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:33 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:47 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:49 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:50 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:56 PM CDT, 4 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
Jun 26, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	34 min
Jun 26, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	24 min
Jun 26, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	31 min
Jun 26, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	45 min
Jun 27, 10:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	32 min
Jun 27, 12:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	53 min
Jun 27, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	34 min
Jun 27, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	31 min
Jun 27, 12:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	39 min
Jun 27, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	37 min
Jun 27, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	50 min
Jun 27, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marshall	34 min
Jun 27, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	48 min
Jun 27, 1:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Blount	3 hr
Jun 27, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	45 min
Jun 27, 1:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Walker	3 hr
Jun 27, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Pickens	52 min
Jun 27, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	49 min
Jun 27, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	31 min
Jun 27, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	47 min
Jun 27, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale, Sumter	42 min
Jun 27, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	36 min
Jun 27, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson	31 min
Jun 27, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	52 min
Jun 27, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Perry	44 min
Jun 27, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	53 min
Jun 27, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Perry	54 min
Jun 27, 4:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	2 hr
Jun 27, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	27 min
Jun 27, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	25 min
Jun 27, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	55 min
Jun 27, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	32 min
Jun 27, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	28 min
Jun 27, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	29 min
Jun 27, 5:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Cherokee	2 hr

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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.