Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jul 2, 2002, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 2002, 4:30 PM CDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Etowah County, AL

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

473 
WUUS54 KBMX 022104
SVRBHM
ALC055-022130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
404 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ATTALLA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

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.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
245 PM CDT TUE JUL 02 2002

LITTLE CHANGE IN CURRENT WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS, AND MAYBE FOR THE NEXT WEEK.  AN UPPER TROF REMAINS ALONG THE
EAST COAST WITH AN UPPER RIDGE TO OUR NORTHWEST.  A SERIES OF WEAK
IMPULSES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE NORTHEAST UPPER LEVEL FLOW.
THIS, COMBINED WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS, WILL PRODUCE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY, MOST NUMEROUS DURING
MAX HEATING.  LATER IN THE WEEK THE UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND
DROPS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH, BUT A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD
REMAIN IN PLACE. POPS TONIGHT SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGES BASED
ON RADAR COVERAGE.

HSV 071/092 071/092 071 3424
BHM 071/091 071/092 071 3424
MGM 071/092 071/092 071 3424

.BHM...NONE.

In the hours before

ALZ001>050-022032-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
132 PM CDT TUE JUL 02 2002

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...

NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.  SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS WILL REMAIN THE NORM.  SOME OF
THESE STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. LOCALLY BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 MILES AN
HOUR...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. NO
ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.

WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR:
HUNTSVILLE...3
BIRMINGHAM...3
MONTGOMERY...3

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.