Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 130, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 16, 2000, 11:49 AM CST for Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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, 11:49 AM CST (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2000, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 10:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 531 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 563 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 161750
TORBHM
ALC059-161815-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1149 AM CST SAT DEC 16 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 1215 PM CST
* AT 1148 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER PHIL CAMPBELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...RUSSELLVILLE AND
PHIL CAMPBELL.
THIS WARNING UPGRADES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
THE COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES
FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
SATURDAY AF%TERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3439 8785 3432 8775 3446 8753 3458 8753
3456 8777The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 29 min |
| Dec 16, 1:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 27 min |
| Dec 16, 2:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 42 min |
| Dec 16, 2:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Dec 16, 3:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 38 min |
| Dec 16, 3:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 23 min |
| Dec 16, 11:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Dec 16, 11:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 28 min |
| Dec 16, 11:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 47 min |
| Dec 16, 11:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 42 min |
| Dec 16, 11:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 51 min |
| Dec 16, 12:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Dec 16, 12:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 31 min |
| Dec 16, 12:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 43 min |
| Dec 16, 12:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Dec 16, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 35 min |
| Dec 16, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 49 min |
| Dec 16, 12:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 32 min |
| Dec 16, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 50 min |
| Dec 16, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 47 min |
| Dec 16, 1:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 46 min |
| Dec 16, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 58 min |
| Dec 16, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 36 min |
| Dec 16, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 42 min |
| Dec 16, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 48 min |
| Dec 16, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 46 min |
| Dec 16, 2:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Dec 16, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 36 min |
| Dec 16, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 40 min |
| Dec 16, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 34 min |
| Dec 16, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 44 min |
| Dec 16, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 27 min |
| Dec 16, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 40 min |
| Dec 16, 2:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 24 min |
| Dec 16, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 37 min |
| Dec 16, 2:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 33 min |
| Dec 16, 3:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 13 min |
| Dec 16, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 35 min |
| Dec 16, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 29 min |
| Dec 16, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 36 min |
| Dec 16, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 34 min |
| Dec 16, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 23 min |
| Dec 16, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 23 min |
| Dec 16, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 49 min |
| Dec 16, 3:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman, Morgan | 44 min |
| Dec 16, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 38 min |
| Dec 16, 4:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 24 min |
| Dec 16, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Talladega | 37 min |
| Dec 16, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Dec 16, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 20 min |
| Dec 16, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 45 min |
| Dec 16, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 42 min |
| Dec 16, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| Dec 16, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Dec 16, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 31 min |
| Dec 16, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 66 min |
| Dec 16, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Dec 16, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 54 min |
| Dec 16, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 36 min |
| Dec 16, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 49 min |
| Dec 16, 5:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 23 min |
| Dec 16, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 51 min |
| Dec 16, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Dec 16, 5:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 42 min |
| Dec 16, 5:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 42 min |
| Dec 16, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 37 min |
| Dec 16, 5:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 37 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.