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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2000, 9:44 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Forestdale, AL | The tornado first caused damage just east of Minor Parkway and moved northeast along Crumley Chapel Road and through the Crumley Chapel community. The tornado crossed US 78 at the Wal-Mart shopping center and turned on a more easterly track through a resident |
| Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Graysville, AL | |
| Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Forestdale, AL | |
| Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Pratt City, AL |
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 nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 851 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 851 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 21.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 030245 TORBHM ALC073-030330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 944 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT. * AT 944 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SYLVAN SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... TRUSSVILLE...TARRANT...PLEASANT GROVE...PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE ...MINOR...MAYTOWN...GRAYSVILLE...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE... FORESTDALE...CENTER POINT...BROOKSIDE AND ADAMSVILLE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...SEEK SHELTER NOW. 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, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 17 min |
| Apr 2, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 12:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 10:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 11:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Winston | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 11:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 12:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 12:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 12:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Tallapoosa | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 16 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.