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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 15, 2024Barbour County, Bullock County, Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2024, 7:06 PM CDT for Barbour County, Bullock County, Pike 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: Jul 15, 2024, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2024, 7:31 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Pike County, AL

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 15, 2:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 3:48 AM CDT, 15 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
348 AM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

ALZ011>015-017>050-161200-
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-
348 AM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

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...Tuesday through Sunday.

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

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:18 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:29 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:34 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:01 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
701 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

ALZ046-049-050-160030-
Pike AL-Bullock AL-Barbour AL-
701 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL PIKE...SOUTHEASTERN
BULLOCK AND WEST CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM CDT...

At 700 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Boot Hill, or 12 miles north of Clio, moving northeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Clayton, Louisville, Pickett, Boot Hill, Tanyard, Clayton Municipal
Airport, Josie, and Mount Andrew.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3179 8568 3180 8571 3183 8574 3187 8576
      3190 8576 3204 8554 3188 8533 3177 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 230DEG 5KT 3189 8558

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

25/Owen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	29 min
Jul 15, 7:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	3 hr
Jul 15, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne, Randolph	53 min
Jul 15, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	48 min
Jul 15, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	24 min
Jul 16, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	35 min
Jul 16, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	33 min
Jul 16, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	31 min
Jul 16, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Choctaw	30 min
Jul 16, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tuscaloosa	24 min
Jul 16, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	31 min
Jul 16, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	37 min
Jul 16, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	33 min
Jul 16, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	37 min
Jul 16, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	35 min
Jul 16, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	38 min
Jul 16, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	33 min
Jul 16, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	30 min
Jul 16, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	37 min
Jul 16, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	34 min
Jul 16, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	48 min
Jul 16, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	30 min
Jul 16, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	27 min
Jul 16, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	34 min
Jul 16, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	26 min
Jul 16, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	30 min
Jul 16, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	49 min
Jul 16, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	41 min
Jul 16, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Tallapoosa	48 min
Jul 16, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	DeKalb	47 min
Jul 16, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	38 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.