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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 25, 2000Jefferson County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 6:33 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Tuscaloosa 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
May 25, 2000, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2082 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 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
2082 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

399 
WUUS54 KBMX 252336
SVRBHM
ALC073-125-260000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
633 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2000

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHEAST TUSCALOOOSA COUNTY...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS TRACK WILL TAKE THE STORM NEAR OAK GOVE...
  IN WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THE STORM MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb27 min
May 25, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega26 min
May 25, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.