Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2000, 6:59 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 27, 2000, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Moulton, AL | Nickel size hail was reported southwest of Moulton. |
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 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBMX 280001 SVRBHM ALC079-280045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 659 PM CDT THU APR 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A... * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT. * AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...FROM HATTON TO MOUNT HOPE. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.