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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2000, 5:40 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lowndes County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | White Hall, AL | Quarter size hail was observed in White Hall. |
| Apr 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Lowndesboro, AL | One inch diameter size hail was reported just east-northeast of Lowndesboro just north of US 80. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 022243 TORBHM ALC085-022345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 540 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT. * AT 540 PM CDT...DALLAS COUNTY EMA REPORTED A TORNADO IN THE FIVE POINTS AREA... JUST SOUTH OF ORRVILLE. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COLLIRENE AND MOSSES. 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, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 62 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.