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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 30, 2000Bullock County, Macon County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2000, 6:18 AM CST for Bullock County, Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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 30, 2000, 6:18 AM CST (12:18 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2000, 6:45 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bullock County, AL, Macon County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 12:00Z 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 301220
SVRBHM
ALC011-087-301245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
618 AM CST THU MAR 30 2000

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 645 AM CST.

* AT 618 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BULLOCK AND MACON COUNTIES BORDER...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL AFFECT RURAL AREAS IN SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND 
  NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK COUNTIES.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 9:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry24 min
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

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.