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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 22, 2003Autauga County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2003, 12:41 AM CST for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
Feb 22, 2003, 12:41 AM CST (06:41 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2003, 1:15 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Autauga County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 21, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 22, 12:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2003-02-22Temperature 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 2003-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 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.

476 
WUUS54 KBMX 220641
SVRBHM
ALC001-220715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1241 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  AUTAUGA COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 115 AM CST

* AT 1239 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUTAUGAVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

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 3266 8687 3270 8643 3239 8648 3239 8660
          3241 8663 3239 8666 3242 8673 3239 8679

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 9:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar, Marion3 hr
Feb 21, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery41 min
Feb 21, 11:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Pickens48 min
Feb 22, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette40 min
Feb 22, 12:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLamar, Marion, Pickens4 hr
Feb 22, 12:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa44 min
Feb 22, 12:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore26 min
Feb 22, 12:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph41 min
Feb 22, 1:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion36 min
Feb 22, 1:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion12 min
Feb 22, 2:33 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton27 min
Feb 22, 2:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa, Walker36 min
Feb 22, 2:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa34 min
Feb 22, 2:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson50 min
Feb 22, 2:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery31 min
Feb 22, 3:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby25 min
Feb 22, 3:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair24 min
Feb 22, 3:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount35 min
Feb 22, 3:49 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Etowah26 min
Feb 22, 4:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens6 hr

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.