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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 10, 2000Franklin County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 2000, 6:01 PM CST for Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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 10, 2000, 6:01 PM CST (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2000, 6:30 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 10, 2:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Mar 10, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 425 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 2000-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 110004
TORBHM
ALC059-110030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
601 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST.

* AT 601 PM CST...A SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL        
  CLOUD IN RUSSELVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* ALSO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLawrence51 min
Mar 10, 6:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman44 min
Mar 10, 6:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson36 min
Mar 10, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton41 min
Mar 10, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore53 min
Mar 10, 6:37 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry23 min
Mar 10, 6:45 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton45 min
Mar 10, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson34 min
Mar 10, 7:01 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore29 min
Mar 10, 7:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount39 min
Mar 10, 7:08 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby, Talladega67 min
Mar 10, 7:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker34 min
Mar 10, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCoosa64 min
Mar 10, 7:26 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton34 min
Mar 10, 7:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Pickens24 min
Mar 10, 7:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson51 min
Mar 10, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa59 min
Mar 10, 8:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Hale47 min
Mar 10, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega42 min
Mar 10, 8:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah, St. Clair40 min
Mar 10, 8:22 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa38 min
Mar 10, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay63 min
Mar 10, 8:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter30 min
Mar 10, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall33 min
Mar 10, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson, Shelby45 min
Mar 10, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry45 min
Mar 10, 8:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb, Jackson42 min
Mar 10, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega47 min
Mar 10, 9:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair41 min
Mar 10, 9:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah24 min
Mar 10, 9:07 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson23 min
Mar 10, 9:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne64 min
Mar 10, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Perry25 min
Mar 10, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee40 min
Mar 10, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Shelby53 min
Mar 10, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas53 min
Mar 10, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah18 min
Mar 10, 9:27 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson18 min
Mar 10, 9:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb14 min
Mar 10, 9:33 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair42 min
Mar 10, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega47 min
Mar 10, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa51 min
Mar 10, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga51 min
Mar 10, 9:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee19 min
Mar 10, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah47 min
Mar 10, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun41 min
Mar 10, 10:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay52 min
Mar 10, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore45 min
Mar 10, 10:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa45 min
Mar 11, 6:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike38 min
Mar 11, 7:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock41 min
Mar 11, 8:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell51 min
Mar 11, 8:37 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXRussell38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.