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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 10, 2000Chilton County, Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 9:22 PM CST for Chilton County, Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 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: Mar 10, 2000, 9:22 PM CST (03:22 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2000, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Chilton County, AL, Shelby County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 10, 5:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 16 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 110324
SVRBHM
ALC021-047-117-110415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
922 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A...

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST.

* AT 922 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES NORTH OF
  LAKE PURDY TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILTON TO 10 MILES WEST OF
  ORRVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REME&MBER...TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP 
SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW! FIND
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES.

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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 Mar 10, 3:22 PM CST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 3:22 PM CST, 6 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
322 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

STNRY FRONT CONTINUES ACROSS MID TN AND NRN MS TO A LOW OVER NE LA
WITH VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR STREAMING NWD AHD OF IT.  BEST MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE CURRENTLY OVER NRN MS EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO N AL TNGT.
SRONG UVV WITH APPROACHING S/W WILL MAX OUT OVER N AND CENTRAL AL
AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A DIMINISHING TREND IN STORM
INTENSITIES AS IT KICKS OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT.  CHANCE OF SEVERE WX
TONIGHT AND ALSO A RISK OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING.

THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER REDEVLOPING DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY...MAINLY OVER THE SE PART OF THE CWA...AS THE COLD FRONT
APPROACHES. FRONT WILL MOVE LITTLE TONIGHT...JUST EDGING INTO NW AL
BY MORNING...THEN START TO ACCELLERATE SAT AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES
UP THE APALACHIANS. WITH MAIN UPPER TROUGH LAGGING BACK TO THE WEST
UNTIL SAT AFTERNOON...LOOK FOR OVERRUNNING PRECIP TO CONTINUE FOR
SOME DISTANCE INTO THE COLD AIR. RISK OF A FREEZE SAT NIGHT...BUT
RIGHT NOW BELIEVE SURFACE AND LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL HOLD UP ENOUGH TO
KEEP TEMPS JUST ABOVE FREEZING.  PLUS CLOUDS MAY LINGER...ESPECIALLY
TN VLY...UNTIL LAT5E SAT NIGHT.  MAYBE MORE OF A THREAT OF A FREEZE
SUNDAY NIGHT.

HSV WU 055/058 033/052 031 981
BHM TU 059/064 034/057 031 981
MGM TU 062/074 037/058 034 5+1

.BHM...111000.

07

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:15 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM,AL
715 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

430 PM    CORDOVA                   AL   TORNADO
03/10/00   WALKER                         ROTATION WALL CLOUD NEAR
                                          CORDOVA HEADING
                                          TOWARD SUMITON

435 PM    CORDOVA                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER                        435 PM    CORDOVA                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER                        435 PM    SUMITON                   AL   TORNADO
03/10/00   WALKER                         5 MILES WEST OF SUMITON

450 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA                     HAIL 3/4 TO 1 INCHE SOUTH
                                          OF TUSCALOOSA

450 PM    ELDRIDGE                  AL   .50 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER

555 PM    ALDRIDGE                  AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER

500 PM    PHENIX CITY               AL   .50 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   RUSSELL                        6 SOUTH PHENIX CITY

500 PM    FAYETTE                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   FAYTETTE

503 PM    ARKADELPHIA               AL   .88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   CULLMAN

503 PM    COTTONDALE                AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA                     PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:30 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
730 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0640 PM    CRANE HILL                AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   CULLMAN

0645 PM    MILLBROOK                 AL   1 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   ELMORE                         NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE.
                                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0645 PM    PINE LEVEL                AL   1.25 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   AUTAUGA

0655 PM    PINSON                    AL   .88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   JEFFERSON

0700 PM    PINSON                    AL   .88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   JEFFERSON

0703 PM    HOLTVILLE                 AL   1 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   ELMORE

0717 PM    VILLAGE SPGS              AL   1 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   BLOUNT

0722 PM    REMLAP                    AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   BLOUNT

Special weather statement, Mar 10, 7:47 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

ALZ001>007-011-012-014-110200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
747 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.

LAUqDERDALE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...
LAWRENCE...MORGAN...MARION...WINSTON...LARMAR.

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Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:25 PM CST, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM,AL
715 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

430 PM    CORDOVA                   AL   TORNADO
03/10/00   WALKER                         ROTATION WALL CLOUD NEAR
                                          CORDOVA HEADING
                                          TOWARD SUMITON

435 PM    CORDOVA                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER                        435 PM    CORDOVA                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER                        435 PM    SUMITON                   AL   TORNADO
03/10/00   WALKER                         5 MILES WEST OF SUMITON

450 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA                     HAIL 3/4 TO 1 INCHE SOUTH
                                          OF TUSCALOOSA

450 PM    ELDRIDGE                  AL   .50 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER

555 PM    ALDRIDGE                  AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER

500 PM    PHENIX CITY               AL   .50 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   RUSSELL                        6 SOUTH PHENIX CITY

500 PM    FAYETTE                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   FAYTETTE

503 PM    ARKADELPHIA               AL   .88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   CULLMAN

503 PM    COTTONDALE                AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA                     PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:35 PM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM,AL
715 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

430 PM    CORDOVA                   AL   TORNADO
03/10/00   WALKER                         ROTATION WALL CLOUD NEAR
                                          CORDOVA HEADING
                                          TOWARD SUMITON

435 PM    CORDOVA                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER                        435 PM    CORDOVA                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER                        435 PM    SUMITON                   AL   TORNADO
03/10/00   WALKER                         5 MILES WEST OF SUMITON

450 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA                     HAIL 3/4 TO 1 INCHE SOUTH
                                          OF TUSCALOOSA

450 PM    ELDRIDGE                  AL   .50 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER

555 PM    ALDRIDGE                  AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALKER

500 PM    PHENIX CITY               AL   .50 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   RUSSELL                        6 SOUTH PHENIX CITY

500 PM    FAYETTE                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   FAYTETTE

503 PM    ARKADELPHIA               AL   .88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   CULLMAN

503 PM    COTTONDALE                AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA                     PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

503 PM    COTTONDALE                AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA

742 PM    ROSA                      AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   BLOUNT

743 PM    FAIRVIEW                  AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   CULLMAN

753 PM    HUEYTOWN                  AL   .88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   JEFFERSON

759 PM    HOLTVILE                  AL   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   ELMORE

Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:49 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM,AL
849 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0847 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   WIND DAMAGE
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA                     NORTHEAST TUSCALOOSA HAS
                                          TREE ON VEHICLE

0850 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   WIND DAMAGE
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA                     TREES DOWN ON HWY 11 AND I
                                          59/20

0854 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   WIND DAMAGE
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA                     LIGHT POLES DOWN IN SOUTH
                                          BOUND LANE OF I59

0855 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   WIND DAMAGE
03/10/00   TUSCALOOSA                     HIGHWAY 69 NORTH TREES AND
                                          POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACROSS ROAD

0856 PM    ALPINE                    AL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   TALLADEGA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 6:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Franklin	29 min
Mar 10, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lawrence	51 min
Mar 10, 6:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cullman	44 min
Mar 10, 6:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	36 min
Mar 10, 6:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton	41 min
Mar 10, 6:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	53 min
Mar 10, 6:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	23 min
Mar 10, 6:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton	45 min
Mar 10, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	34 min
Mar 10, 7:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	29 min
Mar 10, 7:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	39 min
Mar 10, 7:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	67 min
Mar 10, 7:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	34 min
Mar 10, 7:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa	64 min
Mar 10, 7:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton	34 min
Mar 10, 7:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens	24 min
Mar 10, 7:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	51 min
Mar 10, 8:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	59 min
Mar 10, 8:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale	47 min
Mar 10, 8:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	42 min
Mar 10, 8:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah, St. Clair	40 min
Mar 10, 8:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	38 min
Mar 10, 8:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	63 min
Mar 10, 8:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	30 min
Mar 10, 8:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marshall	33 min
Mar 10, 8:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	45 min
Mar 10, 8:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Perry	45 min
Mar 10, 8:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	DeKalb, Jackson	42 min
Mar 10, 8:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Talladega	47 min
Mar 10, 9:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	41 min
Mar 10, 9:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah	24 min
Mar 10, 9:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	23 min
Mar 10, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	64 min
Mar 10, 9:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	25 min
Mar 10, 9:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	40 min
Mar 10, 9:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	53 min
Mar 10, 9:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah	18 min
Mar 10, 9:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	18 min
Mar 10, 9:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	DeKalb	14 min
Mar 10, 9:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair	42 min
Mar 10, 9:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	47 min
Mar 10, 9:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	51 min
Mar 10, 9:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	51 min
Mar 10, 9:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	19 min
Mar 10, 9:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah	47 min
Mar 10, 10:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun	41 min
Mar 10, 10:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	52 min
Mar 10, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	45 min
Mar 10, 10:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	45 min
Mar 11, 6:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	38 min
Mar 11, 7:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock	41 min
Mar 11, 8:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	51 min
Mar 11, 8:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	38 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.