Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Aug 20, 2002, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)

Expired

Aug 20, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Colbert County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS54 KBMX 202142
SVRBHM
ALC043-202230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST POINT  
TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HANCEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...COLONY...
CULLMAN...GARDEN CITY AND SOUTH VINEMONT.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

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

CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3431 8699 3413 8665 3410 8670 3405 8670
          3396 8681 3393 8691 3389 8694 3389 8699
          3394 8709 3430 8709

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.