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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 30, 2002Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2002, 9:22 AM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
Apr 30, 2002, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2002, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cullman County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-30Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

119 
WUUS54 KBMX 301422 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC043-301445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
922 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 916 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FAIRVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BAILEYTON AND
HOLLY POND.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU 
ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM MOVE TO A STURDY 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 3430 8677 3413 8680 3410 8666 3430 8651

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion44 min
Apr 30, 9:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion56 min
Apr 30, 9:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin35 min
Apr 30, 9:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount38 min
Apr 30, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence60 min
Apr 30, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah, St. Clair63 min
Apr 30, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne54 min
Apr 30, 10:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount56 min
Apr 30, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan40 min
Apr 30, 10:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker33 min
Apr 30, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega45 min
Apr 30, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay52 min
Apr 30, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, St. Clair50 min
Apr 30, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga41 min
Apr 30, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar52 min
Apr 30, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes26 min
Apr 30, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette66 min
Apr 30, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery64 min
Apr 30, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga12 min
Apr 30, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery26 min
Apr 30, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery46 min
Apr 30, 3:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson3 hr
Apr 30, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock53 min
Apr 30, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin39 min
Apr 30, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock25 min
Apr 30, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour53 min
Apr 30, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar47 min
Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens58 min
Apr 30, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega40 min
Apr 30, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens39 min
Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour31 min
Apr 30, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette49 min
Apr 30, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa59 min
Apr 30, 5:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson3 hr
Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXHale48 min
Apr 30, 5:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXWalker3 hr
Apr 30, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb58 min
Apr 30, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPerry63 min
Apr 30, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Lee, Shelby56 min
Apr 30, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.