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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 16, 2023Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2023, 6:40 AM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 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 16, 2023, 6:40 AM CDT (11:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2023, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 16, 4:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 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 15, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	29 min
Jun 15, 9:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Sumter	5 days
Jun 16, 7:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	66 min
Jun 16, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	61 min
Jun 16, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	57 min
Jun 16, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	28 min
Jun 16, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	62 min
Jun 16, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	39 min
Jun 16, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	41 min
Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Pickens	53 min
Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Pickens	45 min
Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens	3 hr
Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	55 min
Jun 16, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BMX	Pickens	48 min
Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	17 min
Jun 16, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	51 min
Jun 16, 6:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Pickens	3 hr
Jun 16, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Greene, Tuscaloosa	48 min
Jun 16, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	44 min
Jun 16, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Sumter	63 min
Jun 16, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BMX	Hale	59 min
Jun 16, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	54 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.