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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 13, 2020Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2020, 5:29 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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 13, 2020, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 8:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXWinston115 min
Aug 12, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock24 min
Aug 12, 9:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXPike3 hr
Aug 13, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChilton31 min
Aug 13, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount19 min
Aug 13, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker29 min
Aug 13, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa20 min
Aug 13, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker20 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.