Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 19, 2002Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2002, 2:16 PM CST for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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: Jan 19, 2002, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2002, 2:45 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Russell County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 19, 2:20 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Countywide, AL	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county. Several roadways were blocked by the downed trees and power lines.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 410 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 192016
SVRBHM
ALC113-192045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
214 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 213 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHENIX CITY...MOVING EAST
  AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM 
INCLUDE...HATCHECHUBBEE...SEALE...AND FORT MITCHELL.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW. FIND
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE. STAY
INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3236 8545 3219 8540 3233 8458 3255 8465

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon	28 min
Jan 19, 2:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	33 min
Jan 19, 2:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2002 Every 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.