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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 429, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2023, 5:47 PM CDT for Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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 12, 2023, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2023, 6:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chambers County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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 Aug 12, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 7:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Shelby | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah | 76 min |
| Aug 12, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Russell | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa, Shelby | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 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.