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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 3, 2023Lamar County, Pickens County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2023, 10:44 PM CST for Lamar County, Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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: Jan 3, 2023, 10:44 PM CST (04:44 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2023, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lamar County, AL, Pickens 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
Jan 3, 10:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 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 Jan 3, 6:05 PM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 6:05 PM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 3, 7:29 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 8:03 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 8:22 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 8:34 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 9:17 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 10:35 PM CST, 9 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
Jan 3, 6:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	33 min
Jan 3, 6:40 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby, Talladega	3 hr
Jan 3, 6:43 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Montgomery	3 hr
Jan 3, 6:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	38 min
Jan 3, 7:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	70 min
Jan 3, 7:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	32 min
Jan 3, 7:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	39 min
Jan 3, 8:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	27 min
Jan 3, 8:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	53 min
Jan 3, 8:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	26 min
Jan 3, 9:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	43 min
Jan 3, 9:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	4 hr
Jan 3, 10:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	25 min
Jan 3, 11:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	39 min
Jan 3, 11:25 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens	3 hr
Jan 3, 11:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	46 min
Jan 3, 11:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	3 hr
Jan 3, 11:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	40 min
Jan 4, 12:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	45 min
Jan 4, 12:02 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	St. Clair	3 hr
Jan 4, 12:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	51 min
Jan 4, 12:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	45 min
Jan 4, 1:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah	4 hr
Jan 4, 1:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby	43 min
Jan 4, 1:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	42 min
Jan 4, 1:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	39 min
Jan 4, 1:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	67 min
Jan 4, 1:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Perry	3 hr
Jan 4, 1:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	36 min
Jan 4, 2:08 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	37 min
Jan 4, 2:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	40 min
Jan 4, 2:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Coosa, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	59 min
Jan 4, 2:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	52 min
Jan 4, 2:54 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	3 hr
Jan 4, 3:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	24 min
Jan 4, 3:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	44 min
Jan 4, 3:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph	41 min
Jan 4, 3:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon, Russell	63 min
Jan 4, 3:58 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bullock, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike	3 hr
Jan 4, 4:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	28 min
Jan 4, 4:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Russell	63 min
Jan 4, 5:15 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	6 hr
Jan 4, 8:56 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chilton	3 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.