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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 2, 2002Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2002, 6:10 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 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
May 2, 2002, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2002, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 7:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Stevenson, ALDime size hail was reported in the Stevenson area.

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1583 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
1583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
10.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 022310
SVRBHM
ALC071-030015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
609 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES WEST OF STEVENSON...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM 
INCLUDE...ESTILLFORK...HYTOP...STEVENSON...AND BRIDGEPORT.

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

CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale34 min
May 2, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale17 min
May 2, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone41 min
May 2, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.