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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 17, 2022Fayette County, Tuscaloosa County, Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2022, 3:47 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tuscaloosa County, Walker County, 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 17, 2022, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2022, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 3:21 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:21 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 12:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:56 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:10 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:27 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:38 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:41 PM CDT, 6 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 16, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	27 min
Jun 16, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	31 min
Jun 17, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	44 min
Jun 17, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	38 min
Jun 17, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	47 min
Jun 17, 12:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	44 min
Jun 17, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	40 min
Jun 17, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	43 min
Jun 17, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	45 min
Jun 17, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	38 min
Jun 17, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	50 min
Jun 17, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	44 min
Jun 17, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Talladega	50 min
Jun 17, 1:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	39 min
Jun 17, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega	44 min
Jun 17, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	40 min
Jun 17, 2:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	42 min
Jun 17, 2:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Talladega	3 hr
Jun 17, 2:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	53 min
Jun 17, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	42 min
Jun 17, 2:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	50 min
Jun 17, 3:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	47 min
Jun 17, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	31 min
Jun 17, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	28 min
Jun 17, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Marion	38 min
Jun 17, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Lamar	66 min
Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	61 min
Jun 17, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	30 min
Jun 17, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	60 min
Jun 17, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	34 min
Jun 17, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Walker	58 min
Jun 17, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	35 min
Jun 17, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	48 min
Jun 17, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	37 min
Jun 17, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	34 min
Jun 17, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	23 min
Jun 17, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne, Jefferson, Talladega	52 min
Jun 17, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	44 min
Jun 17, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	23 min
Jun 17, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	62 min
Jun 17, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	38 min
Jun 17, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	38 min
Jun 17, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	60 min
Jun 17, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	29 min
Jun 17, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	28 min
Jun 17, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby	21 min
Jun 17, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	37 min
Jun 17, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	23 min
Jun 17, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale	44 min
Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	35 min
Jun 17, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale, Perry	34 min
Jun 17, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Perry	56 min
Jun 17, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	37 min
Jun 17, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	36 min
Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Perry	61 min
Jun 17, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa, Elmore	60 min
Jun 17, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	28 min
Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	35 min
Jun 17, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	34 min
Jun 17, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	19 min
Jun 17, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	37 min
Jun 17, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	11 min
Jun 17, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	37 min
Jun 17, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon, Montgomery	68 min
Jun 17, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	37 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.