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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 5, 2002Randolph County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2002, 4:35 PM CDT for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2002, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 290 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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 052135
SVRBHM
ALC111-052215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
435 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ROANOKE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WOODLAND.

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
Jun 4, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale40 min
Jun 4, 8:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXHale116 min
Jun 5, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa52 min
Jun 5, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.