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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 12, 2000Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 12, 2000, 3:35 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
Feb 12, 2000, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
Expired
Feb 12, 2000, 4:00 AM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-02-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 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 
TTAA00 KBMX 120936
SVRBHM
ALC077-079-121000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
335 AM CST SAT FEB 12 2000

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 400 AM CST.

* AT 335 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOWN
  CREEK...OR ABOUT OVER LEIGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 400 AM CST...
  KILLEN AND TOWN CREEK...
  COURTLAND AND NORTH COURTLAND...
  ANDERSON AND ROGERSVILLE...

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 3:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert33 min
Feb 12, 3:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone25 min
Feb 12, 3:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison34 min
Feb 12, 3:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone36 min
Feb 12, 4:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson27 min
Feb 12, 4:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone35 min
Feb 12, 4:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson59 min
Feb 12, 4:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison32 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.