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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 3, 2001Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 3:03 PM CDT for Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2001, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Walker County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 3:11 PM CDTHail 0.88Jasper, ALNickel size hail fell just north of Jasper.

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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1905 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 032003
SVRBHM
ALC127-032045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
303 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER JASPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.      
  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY JUST  
  SOUTH OF GOODSPRINGS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SIPSEY AND
CORDOVA.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORMV. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM
PASSES.

LAT...LON 3390 8746 3362 8735 3382 8698 3398 8714

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee32 min
Jun 3, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair47 min
Jun 3, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson31 min
Jun 3, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb41 min
Jun 3, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker36 min
Jun 3, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar42 min
Jun 3, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman52 min
Jun 3, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount47 min
Jun 3, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah40 min
Jun 3, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers23 min
Jun 3, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers30 min
Jun 3, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson57 min
Jun 3, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Cullman51 min
Jun 3, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah30 min
Jun 3, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee52 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa33 min
Jun 3, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers44 min
Jun 3, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton41 min
Jun 3, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore38 min
Jun 3, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell48 min
Jun 3, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph31 min
Jun 3, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery26 min
Jun 3, 6:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXElmore3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.