Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 4, 2002Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 2:01 PM CDT for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2002, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tallapoosa County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 2:14 PM CDTHail 1.75Newsite, AL
Jun 4, 2:14 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ENewsite, 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 nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1246 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 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
1246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

457 
WUUS54 KBMX 041901
SVRBHM
ALC123-041945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
201 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW SITE...MOVING NORTH AT
  15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DAVISTON AND
GOLDVILLE.

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.

LAT...LON 3298 8594 3285 8579 3306 8561 3309 8586

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega45 min
Jun 4, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair39 min
Jun 4, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega47 min
Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun40 min
Jun 4, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee52 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair48 min
Jun 4, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa29 min
Jun 4, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay36 min
Jun 4, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah39 min
Jun 4, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun47 min
Jun 4, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa30 min
Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee45 min
Jun 4, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne41 min
Jun 4, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour51 min
Jun 4, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph44 min
Jun 4, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson44 min
Jun 4, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman39 min
Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour52 min
Jun 4, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby48 min
Jun 4, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee47 min
Jun 4, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike40 min
Jun 4, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall36 min
Jun 4, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne34 min
Jun 4, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee33 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Madison, Morgan42 min
Jun 4, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson33 min
Jun 4, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa42 min
Jun 4, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery47 min
Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock36 min
Jun 4, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon35 min
Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison31 min
Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas61 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes45 min
Jun 4, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore47 min
Jun 4, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa46 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.