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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 2, 2026Etowah County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2026, 9:38 PM CDT for Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 2, 2026, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2026, 10:06 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Etowah County, AL

The radar

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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 2, 7:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 7:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:39 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:41 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:51 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:17 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:19 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:22 PM CDT, 16 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
Jul 2, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	51 min
Jul 2, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah	34 min
Jul 2, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	24 min
Jul 2, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah	41 min
Jul 2, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	28 min
Jul 2, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	41 min
Jul 2, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	38 min
Jul 2, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marshall	40 min
Jul 2, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	35 min
Jul 3, 10:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	50 min
Jul 3, 10:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene	46 min
Jul 3, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	38 min
Jul 3, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	39 min
Jul 3, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	51 min
Jul 3, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	49 min
Jul 3, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	41 min
Jul 3, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	33 min
Jul 3, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	28 min
Jul 3, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	50 min
Jul 3, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	32 min
Jul 3, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Etowah	29 min
Jul 3, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	23 min
Jul 3, 4:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Cherokee	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	59 min
Jul 3, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	28 min
Jul 3, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	49 min
Jul 3, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount	37 min
Jul 3, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	36 min
Jul 3, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	34 min
Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	26 min
Jul 3, 6:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Jul 3, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	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.