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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 16, 2024Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2024, 5:37 PM CDT for 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
Jul 16, 2024, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2024, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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 Jul 16, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:41 AM CDT, 13 hours 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:41 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:04 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:12 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:13 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour29 min
Jul 15, 7:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXCalhoun, Cleburne3 hr
Jul 15, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock, Pike25 min
Jul 15, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCleburne, Randolph53 min
Jul 15, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery48 min
Jul 15, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour24 min
Jul 16, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette35 min
Jul 16, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWalker33 min
Jul 16, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore31 min
Jul 16, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChoctaw30 min
Jul 16, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTuscaloosa24 min
Jul 16, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDallas31 min
Jul 16, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery37 min
Jul 16, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBlount33 min
Jul 16, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery37 min
Jul 16, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson35 min
Jul 16, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike38 min
Jul 16, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby33 min
Jul 16, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike30 min
Jul 16, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSt. Clair37 min
Jul 16, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene34 min
Jul 16, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour48 min
Jul 16, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike30 min
Jul 16, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXShelby27 min
Jul 16, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTalladega34 min
Jul 16, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa26 min
Jul 16, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXHale30 min
Jul 16, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa49 min
Jul 16, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPerry41 min
Jul 16, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXTallapoosa48 min
Jul 16, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXDeKalb47 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.