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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2000, 4:58 PM CDT for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2000, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dallas County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 5:29 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Orrville, AL | Dime to ping pong ball size hail was reported in and around the city of Orrville. |
| Apr 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 E | Pinebelt, AL | An isolated supercell thunderstorm moved eastward across southern Dallas County producing a macroburst event. Damage extended in a 7 mile long path from northwest of Pinebelt to about 5 miles east of Pinebelt. The area of damage was about 3 miles wide. Dama |
| Apr 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Hail 4.5 | Sardis, AL | Golfball to softball size hail fell from near Sardis to near Polk. The large hail knocked out several car windows and also several windows in homes. One home had severe siding damage from the hail. |
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 text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 022201 TORBHM ALC047-022300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 458 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT. * AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORRVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... AREAS JUST SOUTH OF ORRVILLE...TOWARD THE SHEPARDVILLE AREA. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING TORNADO. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...GO TO A STURDY BUILDING. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 12:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Talladega | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 61 min |
| Apr 2, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.