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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 29, 2000Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2000, 9:21 PM CST for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2000, 9:21 PM CST (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2000, 9:45 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 9:36 PM CSTHail 1Marion, ALOne inch diameter size hail fell in Marion.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 300322
SVRBHM
ALC105-300345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
921 PM CST WED MAR 29 2000

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CST.

* AT 921 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARION.

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 11:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike40 min
Mar 30, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Pike58 min
Mar 30, 12:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell24 min
Mar 30, 1:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore33 min
Mar 30, 1:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa37 min
Mar 30, 2:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee28 min
Mar 30, 2:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson46 min
Mar 30, 3:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby24 min
Mar 30, 5:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery33 min
Mar 30, 5:34 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery26 min
Mar 30, 5:49 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXBullock26 min
Mar 30, 6:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon27 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.