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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 3, 2000Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2000, 4:52 PM CST for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
Jan 3, 2000, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 5:30 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lamar County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 032252
SVRBHM
ALC059-075-093-032330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
452 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CST.

* AT 452 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RA&DAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF SULLIGENT...OR ABOUT 5
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF SMITHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR 
NO ADVANCE WARNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin, Marion38 min
Jan 3, 5:32 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarion28 min
Jan 3, 5:33 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFranklin27 min
Jan 3, 5:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale39 min
Jan 3, 5:55 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSumter50 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.