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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 20, 2000Cherokee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 6:20 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 20, 2000, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 20, 6:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60 ECountywide, ALNumerous trees and power lines were knocked down throughout Cherokee County. Several of the downed trees landed on mobile homes or vehicles. One mobile home was totally destroyed on CR 19 south of Centre. No injuries were reported.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 20, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2000-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-554 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 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.

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 202321
SVRBHM
ALC019-210000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
620 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000

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

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAYLESVILLE...MOVING   
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GAYLESVILLE...CENTRE AND CEDAR BLUFF.

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

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter35 min
Jul 20, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter27 min
Jul 20, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Hale50 min
Jul 20, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale35 min
Jul 20, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens, Sumter52 min
Jul 20, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale40 min
Jul 20, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence43 min
Jul 20, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa32 min
Jul 20, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar46 min
Jul 20, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion44 min
Jul 20, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone40 min
Jul 20, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan32 min
Jul 20, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens42 min
Jul 20, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison50 min
Jul 20, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa35 min
Jul 20, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman48 min
Jul 20, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Dallas, Perry30 min
Jul 20, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery29 min
Jul 20, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston43 min
Jul 20, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette36 min
Jul 20, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson, Marshall48 min
Jul 20, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker45 min
Jul 20, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson57 min
Jul 20, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount51 min
Jul 20, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan17 min
Jul 20, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa32 min
Jul 20, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Dallas, Perry31 min
Jul 20, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby44 min
Jul 20, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Macon37 min
Jul 20, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman37 min
Jul 20, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson, Marshall45 min
Jul 20, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb54 min
Jul 20, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah45 min
Jul 20, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby40 min
Jul 20, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore, Montgomery52 min
Jul 20, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson37 min
Jul 20, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton50 min
Jul 20, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair49 min
Jul 20, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega48 min
Jul 20, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXShelby28 min
Jul 20, 6:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson3 hr
Jul 20, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun51 min
Jul 20, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa43 min
Jul 20, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay38 min
Jul 20, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne49 min
Jul 20, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa40 min
Jul 20, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery38 min
Jul 20, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega21 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.