Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Birmingham, AL, April 3, 2000

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2000, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2000, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 3, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

826 
WUUS54 KBMX 032059
SVRBHM
ALC101-032145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
359 PM CDT MON APR 3 2000

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

NNNN

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 Apr 3, 3:34 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:34 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
300 PM CDT MON APR 03 2000

HAVE NO TIME TO TALK. TOR WATCH FOR EASTERN HALF OF
AREA THROUGH 8 PM. WILL CONTINUE FFA UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ADDITIONAL
POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN PRECEDING FRONT. BRIEF COOL DOWN STILL EXPECTED
TUE DURING THE DAY AND POSSIBLE FREEZE WED MORNING. QUICK WARMUP
AFTER TROUGH EXITS TO THE EAST BY WED AND THU.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
HSV EU 044/051 030/068 045 757-0
BHM EU 045/056 031/070 046 757-0
MGM EU 053/060 033/070 046 757-0=

.BHM....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ALZ001>027-
030>032-034.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

ALZ001>005-007-011>016-022-023-030>032-032100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
214 PM CDT MON APR 3 2000

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
155...LIMESTONE...LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...
MORGAN...MARION...WINSTON...CULLMAN...LAMAR...FAYETTE...WALKER...
PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA...SUMTER...GREENE...AND HALE. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES ACROSS ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH
SEVERE LIMITS AT THIS TIME.

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

ALZ001>038-040>050-041430-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
254 PM CDT MON APR 03 2000

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL BE EXTENDED
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES FOR EAST AND
CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL THIS EVENING...

AT 230 PM...A LINE OF STRONG AND LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS
APPROACHING FORT PAYNE...ANNISTON AND MONTGOMERY.  A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE LINE.  THESE
STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

A COLD FRONT ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI IS
FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH ALABAMA TONIGHT.  ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FRONT.  WHILE NOT EXPECTED
TO BE AS STRONG AS THOSE OF THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW STORMS COULD
PRODUCE HAIL.  ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO BE
LOCALIZED. HOWEVER RAINS MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO RENEW OR WORSEN
FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF
ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

CLEARING COOLER AND BREEZY WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR TUESDAY.

NNNN

Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:08 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM,AL
308 PM CDT MON APR 3 2000

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

2100 PM MOODY AL WIND DAMAGE
04/02/00 ST.CLAIR TREES DOWN AT THE I-20
MILE MARKER 147-148

1235 AM PIEDMONT AL TORNADO
04/03/00 CALHOUN TOUCHED DOWN IN VIGO AREA
4 TRAILER HOMES AND 2
FRAME HOMES COMPLETELY
DESTROYED

1100 AM PICKERSVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 PICKENS TREES DOWN.

1118 AM STANSVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 PICKENS TREES DOWN.

1150 AM BROWNVILLE AL 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 TUSCALOOSA

1203 PM MOULTON AL FLOOD
04/03/00 LAWRENCE EXTENSIVE FLOODING
REPORTED IN MOULTON.

1205 PM BROOKWOOD AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 TUSCALOOSA NUMEROUS TEES AND POWER
LINES BLOWN DOWN BY
THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

1230 PM 10 SW FLINT CITY AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 MORGAN SEVRAL TREES DOWN.

1255 PM GREENSBORO AL TORNADO
04/03/00 HALE POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
GREENSBORO ON HWY 25.

1255 PM BESSEMER AL 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 JEFFERSON

105 PM MIDFIELD AL 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 JEFFERSON

105 PM HUEYTOWN AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 JEFFERSON TREES BLOWN DOWN.

113 PM PRICEVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 MORGAN HOME DAMAGED BY
THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

113 PM PRICEVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 MORGAN ROOF BLOWN OFF A RESIDENCE
IN PRICEVILLE.

116 PM GARDENDALE AL WIND DAMAGE 04/03/00
JEFFERSON TREES DOWN.

126 PM HOOVER AL FLOOD
04/03/00 JEFFERSON STREET FLOODING IN HOOVER.

125 PM MOUNTAIN BROOK AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 JEFFERSON EXTENSIVE STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO MANY HOMES AND
AT ALABAMA WATER WORKS
PLANT IN MOUNTAIN BROOK.

134 PM VESTAVIA HILLS AL FLOOD
04/03/00 JEFFERSON FLOODING AT VALLEYDALE
ROAD AND I-65.

145 PM PELHAM AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 SHELBY ON HIGHWAY 11.

145 PM VESTAVIA HILLS AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 JEFFERSON TREES AND POWER LINES
BLOWN DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM
WINDS.

130 PM BLOUNTSVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 BLOUNT TREES DOWN.

130 PM ONEONTA AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 BLOUNT TREES DOWN.

158 PM POOLS CROSS ROADS AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 CHILTON 225 PM MARBLE VALLEY AL 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 COOSA

205 PM JEMISON AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 CHILTON STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES
AND BUSINESS IN JEMISON
AT HWY 71. TREES FELL ON
VEHICLES.

225 PM THORSBY AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 CHILTON FACTORY SUFFERED ROOF
DAMAGE.

240 PM OHATCHEE AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 CALHOUN 245 PM SELMA AL WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 DALLAS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
SOUTH OF SELMA.
SOUTHLAND MOORE COMPANY
REPORTS WIND SPEEDS
AT 71 MPH. ROOF BLOWN
OFF SOUTHLAND MOORES
BUILDING.

GM

Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:56 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM,AL
308 PM CDT MON APR 3 2000

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

2100 PM MOODY AL WIND DAMAGE
04/02/00 ST.CLAIR TREES DOWN AT THE I-20
MILE MARKER #147-148