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Tornado Warning 102, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 9, 2000Colbert County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT for Colbert County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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
May 9, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Colbert County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 10:15 PM CDTHail 0.75Cherokee, ALDime size hail was reported in the Mount Hester community, southwest of Cherokee.
May 9, 10:35 PM CDTHail 1Tuscumbia, ALQuarter size hail fell just west of Tuscumbia.

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2000-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1048 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1048 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 100302
TORBHM
ALC033-100330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1000 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A


* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.

* AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF CHEROKEE...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

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

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert40 min
May 9, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.