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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 22, 2000Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2000, 6:27 PM CDT for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 22, 2000, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2000-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1203 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 2000-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

827 
WUUS54 KBMX 222328
SVRBHM
ALC123-230000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
627 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2000

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSONS GAP...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...NEW
  SITE...JACKSONS GAP AND CAMP HILL.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW FIND 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES.  IF 
YOURE ON LAKE MARTIN...MOVE TO SHORE AND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery27 min
Jun 22, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon41 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.