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Tornado Warning 149, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 16, 2000, 6:09 PM CST for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2000, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2000, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Randolph County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Wedowee, AL | Numerous trees were blown down along the short path of this tornado. No injuries were reported as the tornado remained in mostly rural areas.Beginning: 33 15.540/85 21.287 Ending: 33 16.020/85 20.414 |
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 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 99 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 170009 TORBHM ALC111-170100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 609 PM CST SAT DEC 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 700 PM CST * AT 607 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEDOWEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...WEDOWEE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...SEEK SHELTER NOW. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3320 8569 3307 8554 3331 8521 3347 8540
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 55 min |
| Dec 16, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 45 min |
| Dec 16, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 35 min |
| Dec 16, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 37 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.