Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Aug 20, 2002, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)

Expired

Aug 20, 2002, 5:00 PM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, AL, Lee County, 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.

032 
WUUS54 KBMX 202132
SVRBHM
ALC059-202200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
431 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

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

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 3456 8758 3456 8779 3452 8791 3435 8774

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.