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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 3, 2023Blount County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2023, 1:43 PM CDT for Blount County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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 3, 2023, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2023, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Blount County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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 Aug 2, 6:57 PM CDT, 18 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:57 PM CDT, 18 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 9:29 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chilton, Coosa and 21 more46 hr
Aug 3, 4:11 AM CDTFlood WatchBMXAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 21 more36 hr
Aug 3, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston45 min
Aug 3, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount53 min
Aug 3, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion37 min
Aug 3, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah57 min
Aug 3, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker52 min
Aug 3, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair64 min
Aug 3, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, St. Clair, Walker54 min
Aug 3, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion66 min
Aug 3, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun63 min
Aug 3, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega, Tuscaloosa74 min
Aug 3, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne57 min
Aug 3, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay, Randolph56 min
Aug 3, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Hale, Shelby and 3 more68 min
Aug 3, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens51 min
Aug 3, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens55 min
Aug 3, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore65 min
Aug 3, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Coosa, Tallapoosa69 min
Aug 3, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Sumter60 min
Aug 3, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee80 min
Aug 3, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon, Montgomery62 min
Aug 3, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens30 min
Aug 3, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock, Macon, Russell53 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.