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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 10, 2000Limestone County, Madison County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 3:43 PM CDT for Limestone County, Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports 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
Aug 10, 2000, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Aug 10, 4:19 PM CDTHail 0.75Elkmont, ALDime size hail fell in and around the city of Elkmont.
Aug 10, 4:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Huntsville, ALThree-quarter inch diameter hail was reported at the Huntsville International Airport.
Aug 10, 4:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EAthens, ALA few trees were knocked down in and around the city of Athens.

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2402 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
2402 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 102043
SVRBHM
ALC083-089-102145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
343 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES EAST OF ARDMORE TO 20
  MILES WEST OF ARDMORE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORM INCLUDE...MOORES
MILL AND MERIDIANVILLE

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL..H.AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale53 min
Aug 10, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton39 min
Aug 10, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Russell43 min
Aug 10, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon61 min
Aug 10, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene24 min
Aug 10, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone62 min
Aug 10, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas60 min
Aug 10, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison45 min
Aug 10, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert67 min
Aug 10, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee64 min
Aug 10, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan62 min
Aug 10, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay61 min
Aug 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson44 min
Aug 10, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall66 min
Aug 10, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery50 min
Aug 10, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore61 min
Aug 10, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin55 min
Aug 10, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon53 min
Aug 10, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb34 min
Aug 10, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike63 min
Aug 10, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston62 min
Aug 10, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison30 min
Aug 10, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman56 min
Aug 10, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson35 min
Aug 10, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga64 min
Aug 10, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry34 min
Aug 10, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb60 min
Aug 10, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair43 min
Aug 10, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee50 min
Aug 10, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega48 min
Aug 10, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas48 min
Aug 10, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount39 min
Aug 10, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee64 min
Aug 10, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery61 min
Aug 10, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon60 min
Aug 10, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall29 min
Aug 10, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne55 min
Aug 10, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson39 min
Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker65 min
Aug 10, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah62 min
Aug 10, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair59 min
Aug 10, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes56 min
Aug 10, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun52 min
Aug 10, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga67 min
Aug 10, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike30 min
Aug 10, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega30 min
Aug 10, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson57 min
Aug 10, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby61 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.