Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 76, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2000, 11:53 AM CDT for Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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 3, 2000, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2000, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 12:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Danville, AL | Several trees were knocked down throughout the western part of Morgan County. |
| Apr 3, 12:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Priceville, AL | One home had the roof torn off in Priceville. A few others received minor roof damage. No injuries were reported. Several trees were also reported down across the county. |
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 3, 10:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 031654 TORBHM ALC103-031745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1153 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT. * AT 1153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTSELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... PRICEVILLE...HARTSELLE...FLINT CITY...FALKVILLE AND DECATUR.
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, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 46 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, 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.