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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 9, 2024Cherokee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2024, 5:30 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 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: May 9, 2024, 5:30 AM CDT (10:30 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2024, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cherokee County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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
May 9, 3:02 AM CDT	Tornado 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 May 9, 4:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 4:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 5:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, Etowah	62 min
May 9, 6:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	47 min
May 9, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	47 min
May 9, 7:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	41 min
May 9, 7:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	42 min
May 9, 7:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	43 min
May 9, 7:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	42 min
May 9, 7:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	48 min
May 9, 8:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	55 min
May 9, 8:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	39 min
May 9, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah, St. Clair	48 min
May 9, 8:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	44 min
May 9, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers	49 min
May 9, 8:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	31 min
May 9, 8:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	42 min
May 9, 8:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	2 hr
May 9, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	63 min
May 9, 9:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	46 min
May 9, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	51 min
May 9, 9:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	59 min
May 9, 10:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	115 min
May 9, 10:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	56 min
May 9, 10:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	52 min
May 9, 10:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Talladega	3 hr
May 9, 11:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	33 min
May 9, 11:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee	27 min
May 9, 11:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	3 hr
May 9, 11:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	27 min
May 9, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	23 min
May 9, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	32 min
May 9, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	48 min
May 9, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	55 min
May 9, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	41 min
May 9, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	39 min
May 9, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	33 min
May 9, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	46 min
May 9, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	30 min
May 9, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	47 min
May 9, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	45 min
May 9, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Lamar	42 min
May 9, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	50 min
May 9, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	47 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.