Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2002, 4:49 PM CDT for Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 2, 2002, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Detroit, AL | Numerous trees were blown down in and around Detroit. |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789 WUUS54 KBMX 022149 SVRBHM ALC075-093-022230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 449 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON...MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BEAVERTON... DETROIT...GU-WIN AND WESTON. 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 3397 8774 3426 8780 3406 8861 3385 8854
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 20 min |
| Jul 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.