Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 7:40 PM CST for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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
- Nov 10, 2002, 7:40 PM CST (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 50 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), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:55 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Crane Hill, AL | Dime size hail was reported across western Cullman County. |
| Nov 10, 8:17 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Vinemont, AL | Dime size hail fell near Folsom Field. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 4:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
180 WFUS54 KBMX 110140 TORBHM ALC043-110230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 740 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 830 PM CST * AT 739 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF LOGAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...CULLMAN...GOOD HOPE...JONES CHAPEL...LOGAN...VINEMONT AND WEST POINT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...GO TO A STURDY BUILDING. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OR A BASEMENT. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3431 8711 3400 8711 3414 8673 3430 8669
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 54 min |
| Nov 10, 6:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin, Marion | 49 min |
| Nov 10, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Walker | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 7:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 53 min |
| Nov 10, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 41 min |
| Nov 10, 7:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 52 min |
| Nov 10, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 8:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 56 min |
| Nov 10, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall, Morgan | 64 min |
| Nov 10, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 8:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 8:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 8:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 8:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 53 min |
| Nov 10, 8:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 9:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 9:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson, Marshall | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 9:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 9:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 9:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 18 min |
| Nov 10, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 30 min |
| Nov 10, 10:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 42 min |
| Nov 10, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 31 min |
| Nov 10, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson, Marshall | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 10:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 52 min |
| Nov 10, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 10:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 32 min |
| Nov 10, 10:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah, Greene, Sumter | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 38 min |
| Nov 10, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 11:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 38 min |
| Nov 10, 11:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 11:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 11:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 35 min |
| Nov 11, 12:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 33 min |
| Nov 11, 12:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 17 min |
| Nov 11, 12:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 24 min |
| Nov 11, 12:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 12:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 33 min |
| Nov 11, 12:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 35 min |
| Nov 11, 12:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 12:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 38 min |
| Nov 11, 1:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 1:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 24 min |
| Nov 11, 1:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 33 min |
| Nov 11, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 35 min |
| Nov 11, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Coosa, Elmore | 65 min |
| Nov 11, 2:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 49 min |
| Nov 11, 2:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 36 min |
| Nov 11, 2:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 2:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 36 min |
| Nov 11, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 57 min |
| Nov 11, 5:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 33 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.