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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 393, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 24, 2002Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 24, 2002, 4:36 AM CST for Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2002, 4:36 AM CST (10:36 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2002, 5:15 AM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 24, 2:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2002-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2002-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 304 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

364 
WUUS54 KBMX 241036
SVRBHM
ALC085-101-241115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
436 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 515 AM CST

* AT 432 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF HAYNEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CARTERS
HILL...DANNELY FIELD...MONTGOMERY...MOUNT MEIGS...PINTLALA...SNOWDOUN
AND SPRAGUE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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

LAT...LON 3220 8669 3198 8656 3210 8600 3239 8602
          3244 8618

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 5:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike45 min
Dec 24, 6:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.