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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 445, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2023, 7:44 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
- Sep 12, 2023, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2023, 8:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Jefferson County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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 Sep 12, 6:53 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 6:53 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 2:09 AM CDT, 17 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 209 AM CDT Tue Sep 12 2023 ALZ011>015-017>050-131015- Marion-Lamar-Fayette-Winston-Walker-Blount-Etowah-Calhoun-Cherokee- Cleburne-Pickens-Tuscaloosa-Jefferson-Shelby-St. Clair-Talladega- Clay-Randolph-Sumter-Greene-Hale-Perry-Bibb-Chilton-Coosa-Tallapoosa- Chambers-Marengo-Dallas-Autauga-Lowndes-Elmore-Montgomery-Macon- Bullock-Lee-Russell-Pike-Barbour- 209 AM CDT Tue Sep 12 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 12, 5:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Sep 13, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 43 min |
| Sep 13, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 36 min |
| Sep 13, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 29 min |
| Sep 13, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 57 min |
| Sep 13, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 26 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.