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Tornado Warning 147, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 16, 2000, 5:33 PM CST for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2000, 5:33 PM CST (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2000, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Tallapoosa 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, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 162342 COR TORBHM ALC123-170015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 533 PM CST SAT DEC 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 615 PM CST * AT 527 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDER CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...NEW SITE AND JACKSONS GAP AND ALEXANDER CITY.. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3290 8606 3278 8591 3302 8558 3318 8577
The 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, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 26 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, 5:38 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.