Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Aug 20, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 20, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Macon 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.

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WUUS54 KBMX 202300
SVRBHM
ALC087-202330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF SHORTER...MOVING WEST AT 15
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RURAL
SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD EXPECT
DAMAGING WIND...IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3226 8563 3224 8575 3224 8585 3232 8590
          3228 8591 3231 8595 3242 8601 3244 8566

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.