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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 507, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 8, 2000Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 2000, 2:01 PM CST for Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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
Nov 8, 2000, 2:01 PM CST (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 2000, 2:30 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 8, 2:15 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 EMontgomery, ALA few power lines were blown down in the western part of Montgomery.

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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 224 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 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
224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 082001
SVRBHM
ALC085-101-082030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
201 PM CST WED NOV 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 157 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF MONTGOMERY...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MONTGOMERY.

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

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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.