Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 462, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 7:55 PM CDT for Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chambers County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:29 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Newsite, AL | Several trees were knocked down in New Site and also in Jackson's Gap. |
| Aug 10, 8:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Alexander City, AL | Several trees were blown down in and around the city of Alexander City. |
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1999 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 110055 SVRBHM ALC017-123-110200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 755 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW SITE TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDER CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... LAFAYETTE...HUGULEY AND DADEVILLE STRONG DAMFAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 31 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.