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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 3, 2000Jackson County, Madison County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2000, 6:53 PM CST for Jackson County, Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
Jan 3, 2000, 6:53 PM CST (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 7:30 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 2000-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 517 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
517 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
723 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBMX 040054
SVRBHM
ALC071-089-040130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
653 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A...

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CST.

* AT 653 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES EAST OF
  HUNTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPR6OACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 6:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin, Marion28 min
Jan 3, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Franklin23 min
Jan 3, 6:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Tuscaloosa31 min
Jan 3, 9:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone32 min
Jan 3, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison46 min
Jan 3, 10:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa48 min
Jan 3, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker50 min
Jan 3, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson34 min
Jan 4, 12:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson46 min
Jan 4, 12:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb32 min
Jan 4, 12:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry49 min
Jan 4, 1:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb35 min
Jan 4, 1:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.