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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 534, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 16, 2000Madison County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 16, 2000, 12:26 PM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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
Dec 16, 2000, 12:26 PM CST (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2000, 1:15 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 16, 10:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2000-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 445 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
445 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
500 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 161826
SVRBHM
ALC089-161915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1226 PM CST SAT DEC 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 1223 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MERIDIANVILLE TO 5 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.


A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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

LAT...LON 3475 8649 3463 8679 3475 8680 3500 8670
          3499 8634

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry29 min
Dec 16, 1:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry27 min
Dec 16, 2:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb42 min
Dec 16, 2:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson45 min
Dec 16, 3:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount38 min
Dec 16, 3:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman23 min
Dec 16, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale45 min
Dec 16, 11:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion28 min
Dec 16, 11:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin47 min
Dec 16, 11:48 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXSumter42 min
Dec 16, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXFranklin26 min
Dec 16, 11:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion51 min
Dec 16, 12:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence29 min
Dec 16, 12:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin31 min
Dec 16, 12:17 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXGreene43 min
Dec 16, 12:20 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLawrence25 min
Dec 16, 12:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour35 min
Dec 16, 12:28 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLimestone32 min
Dec 16, 12:40 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa50 min
Dec 16, 12:58 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry47 min
Dec 16, 1:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison, Morgan46 min
Dec 16, 1:17 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson58 min
Dec 16, 1:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas36 min
Dec 16, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton42 min
Dec 16, 1:57 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair48 min
Dec 16, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount46 min
Dec 16, 2:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence29 min
Dec 16, 2:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa36 min
Dec 16, 2:20 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXEtowah40 min
Dec 16, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone34 min
Dec 16, 2:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Franklin44 min
Dec 16, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion27 min
Dec 16, 2:50 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCherokee40 min
Dec 16, 2:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale24 min
Dec 16, 2:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Perry37 min
Dec 16, 2:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb33 min
Dec 16, 3:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion13 min
Dec 16, 3:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb35 min
Dec 16, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun29 min
Dec 16, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne36 min
Dec 16, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence, Limestone, Morgan34 min
Dec 16, 3:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Walker23 min
Dec 16, 3:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston23 min
Dec 16, 3:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby49 min
Dec 16, 3:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman, Morgan44 min
Dec 16, 3:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison38 min
Dec 16, 4:06 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan24 min
Dec 16, 4:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Talladega37 min
Dec 16, 4:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson36 min
Dec 16, 4:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison20 min
Dec 16, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson45 min
Dec 16, 4:33 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga42 min
Dec 16, 4:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun41 min
Dec 16, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes49 min
Dec 16, 4:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall31 min
Dec 16, 4:54 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore66 min
Dec 16, 5:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee27 min
Dec 16, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery54 min
Dec 16, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson36 min
Dec 16, 5:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby49 min
Dec 16, 5:22 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCoosa23 min
Dec 16, 5:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb51 min
Dec 16, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery49 min
Dec 16, 5:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa42 min
Dec 16, 5:33 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa42 min
Dec 16, 5:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair37 min
Dec 16, 5:38 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBullock, Macon37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.