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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 13, 2000Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 3:05 AM CDT for Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
May 13, 2000, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2000, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1667 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

757 
WUUS54 KBMX 130808
SVRBHM
ALC077-130830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
305 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2000

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME WEST LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT.

* AT 305 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ALCORN COUNTY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL PASS NORTHWEST OF WATERLOO. 

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW FIND
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES.

NNNN

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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.