Severe Thunderstorm Warning 402, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Aug 9, 2000, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Barbour County, AL, Russell County, AL

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.

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 092230
SVRBHM
ALC005-113-092315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
529 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTH OF EUFAULA...OR ABOUT 15      
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT BENNING...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...LOUISVILLE...CLIO AND       
  CLAYTON

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

NNNN

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 9, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
257 PM CDT WED AUG 09 2000

EASTERLY WAVE FORECAST BY THE ETA/AVN TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY.  IN ADDITION...WEAK FRONT WILL
ENTER NORTHERN SECTIONS LATE IN THE DAY ON THURSDAY AND THEN REMAIN
NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS ON FRIDAY.  SEVERAL
WEAK IMPULSES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BASE OF UPPER TROF AND SWING
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS ON FRIDAY.

WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS FORECASTING PRECIP. WATER NEAR 2 INCHES ON
THURSDAY AND LI'S MINUS 4 TO MINUS 6 WILL GO WITH POPS IN THE 40
TO 50 PERCENT RANGE AREA WIDE.  WITH UPPER FEATURES MOVING ACROSS
THE AREA ON FRIDAY...FRONT IN THE AREA AND NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES WILL
ALSO GO WITH SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE AREA WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER
POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH IN VICINITY OF THE FRONT.

FWC TEMPS ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY TO ACCOUNT FOR HIGHER POPS.

HSV 75/96/73/93 1533   BHM 75/96/73/94 2433   MGM 75/96/74/94 2534

.BHM...NONE.

In the hours before

ALZ001>038-040>050-092300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
130 PM CDT WED AUG 09 2000

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...ACROSS
NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH A
FEW STORMS WILL APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER
IS EXPECTED. THESE STORMS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.