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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 3, 2000Jefferson County, Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2000, 6:29 PM CST for Jefferson County, Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
Mar 3, 2000, 6:29 PM CST (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2000, 7:15 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, AL, Walker County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 040030
TORBHM
ALC073-127-040115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
629 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST.

* AT 629 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
A   TORNADO OVER CORDOVA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... 
  WARRIOR...TRAFFORD...SUMITON...PARRISH...MORRIS...KIMBERLY...
  GARDENDALE...DORA AND CORDOVA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH..W.SEEK SHELTER NOW.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 6:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga35 min
Mar 3, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Cullman40 min
Mar 3, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery35 min
Mar 3, 6:43 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga17 min
Mar 3, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore51 min
Mar 3, 6:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery47 min
Mar 3, 7:02 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDallas28 min
Mar 3, 11:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour26 min
Mar 3, 11:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour31 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.