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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 20, 2000Calhoun County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 7:08 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 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 20, 2000, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Calhoun County, AL

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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 532 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
532 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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.

206 
WUUS54 KBMX 210010
SVRBHM
ALC015-210030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
708 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.  THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE WARNING WHICH WAS      
  ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM.

* AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE ANNISTON AREA...MOVING EAST AT 15   
  MPH.  EAST ANNISTON AND THE DEARMANVILLE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE  
  AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 730 PM.

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, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay40 min
Jul 20, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa21 min
Jul 20, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Randolph62 min
Jul 20, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery18 min
Jul 20, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa31 min
Jul 20, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Pike52 min
Jul 20, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.