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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 3, 2001Franklin County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2001, 5:54 AM CDT for Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
Apr 3, 2001, 5:54 AM CDT (10:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2001, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 6:30 AM CDTHail 0.75Hodges, ALPenny size hail was observed near Hodges in southern Franklin 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 2001-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2001-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3218 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 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 031055
SVRBHM
ALC059-031145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
554 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 550 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED BAY...MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HODGES AND 
PHIL CAMPBELL.

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 3449 8828 3434 8830 3432 8758 3446 8759

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 5:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin, Marion27 min
Apr 3, 5:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas41 min
Apr 3, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Etowah, St. Clair40 min
Apr 3, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston47 min
Apr 3, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Etowah32 min
Apr 3, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston27 min
Apr 3, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, Cleburne34 min
Apr 3, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Lowndes48 min
Apr 3, 7:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb29 min
Apr 3, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman, Winston28 min
Apr 3, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker24 min
Apr 3, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery29 min
Apr 3, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson52 min
Apr 3, 7:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Cullman35 min
Apr 3, 8:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence19 min
Apr 3, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker27 min
Apr 3, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Talladega36 min
Apr 3, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay32 min
Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas42 min
Apr 3, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson34 min
Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas30 min
Apr 3, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Talladega28 min
Apr 3, 3:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson, St. Clair, Walker3 hr
Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXClay, Talladega3 hr
Apr 3, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay, Talladega34 min
Apr 3, 3:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXMarion, Winston3 hr
Apr 3, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb, Tuscaloosa49 min
Apr 3, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTalladega23 min
Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXShelby35 min
Apr 3, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay26 min
Apr 3, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton47 min
Apr 3, 5:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXBlount, Cullman3 hr
Apr 3, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa37 min
Apr 3, 5:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXChambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa3 hr
Apr 3, 5:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXClay, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Walker3 hr
Apr 3, 6:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXWinston101 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.