Severe Thunderstorm Warning 535, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Dec 16, 2000, 1:14 PM CST (19:14 UTC)

Expired

Dec 16, 2000, 2:00 PM CST

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS54 KBMX 161914
SVRBHM
ALC083-089-103-162000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 109 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HARVEST TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  HARTSELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...REDSTONE
ARSENAL...MOORES MILL...MERIDIANVILLE...MADISON AND HUNTSVILLE.

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

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

LAT...LON 3500 8687 3436 8706 3430 8662 3498 8634

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 16, 3:00 AM CST, 10 hours 14 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
300 AM CST SAT DEC 16 2000

RAPIDLY MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE NW HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA ALREADY. THIS IS ALONG  THE WAA AND LIFT IN THE AREA
ALREADY. AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS IS
MOVING INTO EASTERN MS. MAIN THREAT FROM THIS IS THE LARGE HAIL WHICH
HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. WITH THIS AND THE SLIGHT RISK FROM SPC
WILL MENTION SEVERE IN ALL THE ZONES FOR TODAY. TSTMS SHOULD INCREASE
INTO THE AFTERNOON. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE A PROBLEM FOR TODAY BUT
BELIEVE WILL REMAIN BELOW CRITERIA FOR WIND ADVISORY.

BIG CHANGE IN STORE FOR TONIGHT AS MUCH COLDER AIR COMES IN BEHIND
THE FRONT. WILL USE WORDING OF CHANCE OF SNOW OR FLURRIES. STILL
UNCERTAIN OF EXACT TIMING WHEN THE MOISTURE WILL DECREASE ENOUGH TO
END THE RISK OF SNOW. PRESENTLY DO NOT EXPECT SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS. WILL EXTEND THE MENTION OF SNOW INTO SUNDAY FOR THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY BECAUSE OF SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE FROM THE LOW
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST COAST.

IN EXTENDED IT LOOKS LIKE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER ON MONDAY AND A
RETURN TO  RAIN TUESDAY AS ANOTHER FAST MOVING SYSTEM GOES THROUGHf
THE FORECAST AREA. DRIER WEATHER ON WED THROUGH FRI.

HSV 063/026 031/020 833
BHM 065/027 032/021 651
MGM 072/029 040/023 8-0

.BHM...NONE.

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
109 PM CST SAT DEC 16 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1235 PM    RIPLEY                    AL   TORNADO
12/16/00   LIMESTONE                      TORNADO ON GROUND
                                          REPORTED BY EMA

100 PM     HALLS/ENGLEWOOD           AL   TORNADO
12/16/00   TUSCALOOSA                     *** 1 DEAD ***
                                          TORNADO REPORTED BY
                                          NUMEROUS SPOTTERS AND
                                          LOCAL NEWS TV LIVE-CAM
                                          PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF 1
                                          FATALITY

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.