Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 362, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Countywide, AL | Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across Lee County. Several trees landed on homes and vehicles. Some trees fell onto roadways and this caused several accidents. |
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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBMX 210045 SVRBHM ALC081-210130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 745 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A... * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LEE COUNTY IN ALABAMA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT. * AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF LOACHAPOKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SMITHS...OPELIKA...LOACHAPOKA AND AUBURN. STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNT IL THE STORM PASSES. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 22 min |
| Jul 20, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 21 min |
| Jul 20, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 18 min |
| Jul 20, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 52 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.