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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2023, 6:02 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lamar County, Pickens 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
- Jul 1, 2023, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2023, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Pickens County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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 Jul 1, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | DeKalb | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 59 min |
| Jul 1, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cleburne | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Talladega | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 4:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Etowah | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 28 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.