Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2000, 1:31 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 25, 2000, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2000, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Trussville, AL | Quarter size hail was reported at the intersection of US 11 and Deerfoot Parkway in Trussville. The hail cracked a few car windshields. |
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 900 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1282 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 251832 SVRBHM ALC073-251915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 131 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A... * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN ALABAMA... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT. * AT 131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYLVAN SPRINGS TO TRUSSVILLE...MOVING SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... VESTAVIA HILLS...TRUSSVILLE...TARRANT...SYLVAN SPRINGS...PLEASANT GROVE...MOUNTAIN BROOK...MINOR...MIDFIELD...LIPSCOMB...LEEDS... IRONDALE...HUEYTOWN...HOMEWOOD...FAIRFIELD...CENTER POINT...CAHABA HEIGHTS...BRIGHTON AND BIRMINGHAM. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 51 min |
| Jun 25, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 5:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas | 113 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.