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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 16, 2001Bibb County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2001, 3:26 PM CST for Bibb County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2001, 3:26 PM CST (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2001, 4:30 PM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bibb County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 16, 1:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2001-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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 2001-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

500 
WUUS54 KBMX 162126
SVRBHM
ALC007-162230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
326 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 320 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF BRENT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CENTREVILLE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY
INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WIND...IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3296 8744 3279 8735 3287 8689 3325 8703

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 1:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison24 min
Feb 16, 1:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Pickens41 min
Feb 16, 1:39 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMadison51 min
Feb 16, 1:56 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJackson34 min
Feb 16, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Sumter48 min
Feb 16, 2:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Tuscaloosa40 min
Feb 16, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker50 min
Feb 16, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa35 min
Feb 16, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson, Walker43 min
Feb 16, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson, Shelby51 min
Feb 16, 2:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston50 min
Feb 16, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Cullman45 min
Feb 16, 2:53 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXHale37 min
Feb 16, 3:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan37 min
Feb 16, 3:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair52 min
Feb 16, 3:08 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSumter52 min
Feb 16, 3:16 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Cullman29 min
Feb 16, 3:16 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPerry29 min
Feb 16, 3:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah, Marshall38 min
Feb 16, 3:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby, Talladega31 min
Feb 16, 3:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton43 min
Feb 16, 3:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun42 min
Feb 16, 3:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, DeKalb64 min
Feb 16, 3:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Cleburne55 min
Feb 16, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega32 min
Feb 16, 4:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCherokee, Cleburne34 min
Feb 16, 4:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph47 min
Feb 16, 4:36 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers24 min
Feb 16, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa36 min
Feb 16, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.