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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 520, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 9, 2000Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2000, 12:20 PM CST for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
Nov 9, 2000, 12:20 PM CST (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 1:00 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2000-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 578 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 2000-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
578 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

667 
WUUS54 KBMX 091820
SVRBHM
ALC071-091900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1220 PM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 100 PM CST

* AT 1217 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRIDGEPORT TO SECTION...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
STEVENSON...PISGAH AND HOLLYWOOD.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 8:00 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson45 min
Nov 8, 9:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Pickens44 min
Nov 8, 9:44 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Sumter46 min
Nov 8, 9:45 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens45 min
Nov 8, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion41 min
Nov 8, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Franklin, Lawrence45 min
Nov 8, 10:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette28 min
Nov 8, 10:22 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Tuscaloosa53 min
Nov 8, 10:24 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette36 min
Nov 8, 10:42 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker33 min
Nov 8, 10:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison, Morgan40 min
Nov 8, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston32 min
Nov 8, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry30 min
Nov 8, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker31 min
Nov 8, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison33 min
Nov 8, 11:30 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb, Perry45 min
Nov 8, 11:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson38 min
Nov 8, 11:37 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa23 min
Nov 8, 11:52 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Walker23 min
Nov 8, 11:57 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson33 min
Nov 8, 11:58 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby32 min
Nov 9, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson43 min
Nov 9, 12:27 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby33 min
Nov 9, 12:45 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson30 min
Nov 9, 1:01 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair29 min
Nov 9, 1:31 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry29 min
Nov 9, 1:56 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXEtowah34 min
Nov 9, 1:57 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb48 min
Nov 9, 2:23 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCherokee37 min
Nov 9, 2:52 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas38 min
Nov 9, 5:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson3 hr
Nov 9, 8:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell46 min
Nov 9, 8:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee34 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.