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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 5, 2001Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2001, 1:31 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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
Jul 5, 2001, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2001, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 1:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 ECountywide, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2001-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 577 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 2001-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 051832
SVRBHM

ALC079-051915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
131 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY...JUST 
NORTH OF COURTLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COURTLAND... 
MOULTON AND HILLSBORO.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW. FIND
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS...VEHICLES AGND MOBILE HOMES.

LAT...LON 3473 8720 3473 8740 3437 8747 3445 8712

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison41 min
Jul 5, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale46 min
Jul 5, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison51 min
Jul 5, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson56 min
Jul 5, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall, Morgan53 min
Jul 5, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale47 min
Jul 5, 1:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXLimestone, Madison3 hr
Jul 5, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan26 min
Jul 5, 1:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXMorgan3 hr
Jul 5, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman51 min
Jul 5, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston43 min
Jul 5, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount49 min
Jul 5, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker38 min
Jul 5, 2:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXMarshall3 hr
Jul 5, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson48 min
Jul 5, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby44 min
Jul 5, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne, Talladega49 min
Jul 5, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa44 min
Jul 5, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Coosa51 min
Jul 5, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Randolph48 min
Jul 5, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Tallapoosa45 min
Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.