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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 15, 2000Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 15, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 929 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
929 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 160300
SVRBHM
ALC125-160330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1000 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2000

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

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLT...MOVING SOUTH AT 35
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  TUSCALOOSA...NORTHPORT...HOLT AND BROOKWOOD.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW! FIND
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS...VEHIC`LES AND MOBILE HOMES.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston30 min
Jul 15, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega35 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.