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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 2, 2002Colbert County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2002, 8:20 PM CDT for Colbert County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Colbert County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 8:26 PM CDTHail 0.75Maud, ALDime size hail was reported in Maud.

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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -85 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 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 030120
SVRBHM
ALC033-030200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEROKEE...MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR COLBERT COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MUSCLE
SHOALS...SHEFFIELD AND TUSCUMBIA.

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...MOVE INSIDE...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale45 min
May 3, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin40 min
May 3, 2:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXFranklin4 hr
May 3, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion42 min
May 3, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXLawrence, Marion, Winston3 hr
May 3, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston41 min
May 3, 4:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXMorgan3 hr
May 3, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker30 min
May 3, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb, Jackson52 min
May 3, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman36 min
May 3, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee25 min
May 3, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee24 min
May 3, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne24 min
May 3, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee34 min
May 3, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne, Randolph23 min
May 3, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette34 min
May 3, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson49 min
May 3, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston28 min
May 3, 11:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman40 min
May 3, 11:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXFranklin, Marion3 hr
May 3, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman32 min
May 3, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount45 min
May 3, 12:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXWinston3 hr
May 3, 12:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXCullman3 hr
May 3, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah58 min
May 3, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa43 min
May 3, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson51 min
May 3, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby45 min
May 3, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay30 min
May 3, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph41 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.