Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 19, 2002Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2002, 2:57 PM CST for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
Jan 19, 2002, 2:57 PM CST (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2002, 3:30 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barbour County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 19, 3:10 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 ELouisville, ALTrees and power lines were knocked down in and around Louisville.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-01-19Temperature 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
410 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.

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 192057
SVRBHM
ALC005-192130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
256 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 255 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 75
  MPH.

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

STRONG DAMAGING WIND IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW. FIND
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES.

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

LAT...LON 3189 8566 3171 8562 3182 8475 3204 8480

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon28 min
Jan 19, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell29 min
Jan 19, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.