Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2002, 5:49 PM CDT for Colbert County, Franklin County, Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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
- Oct 6, 2002, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lawrence County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 5:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Hatton, AL | Emergency management reported trees down just west of Hatton at CR 134 and CR 149. |
| Oct 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Russellville, AL | Trees were reported downed by the wind across parts of northern Russellville. Police officers reported trees down on North Jackson Street, Waterloo Road, Peach Street, and Willis Avenue. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
294 WUUS54 KBMX 062249 SVRBHM ALC033-059-079-062330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 549 PM CDT SUN OCT 6 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LITTLEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MOUNT HOPE... NEWBURG...OAK GROVE AND 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 3463 8776 3445 8776 3442 8733 3465 8732
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 39 min |
Nearby
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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.