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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 226, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 2, 2003Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2003, 9:47 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2003, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Russell County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 2, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 2, 2:11 PM CDT, 7 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:11 PM CDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
211 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2003

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE AIRMASS WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE WITH EARLY AFTERNOON LIS FROM -8 TO -10 OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA.  A SERIES OF WEAK SHORT WAVES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING, ALONG WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES, SHOULD HELP TO ENHANCE
CONVECTION. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE, PRODUCING STRONG
MICROBURSTS AND LARGE HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SHOULD
CONTINUE FOR PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA INTO THE EVENING.

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE STATE SATURDAY AND
PROVIDE SOME BRIEF DRYING. IT SHOULD STALL, THEN MOVE BACK NORTH
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. I THINK THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY WILL BE LESS BECAUSE OF THE DRYING, BUT I WILL
KEEP AT LEAST A SMALL POP BECAUSE OF THE BOUNDARY.  AVN MOS
TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD AND IS EXCEPTED WITH ONLY
MINOR CHANGES.

BHM 062/082 058/083 065 32-234
MGM 063/086 060/086 065 33-122

.BHM...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 12:43 PM CDT, 9 hours 4 minutes before

ALZ011>015-017>050-022100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1243 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.  SOME OF
THESE WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL
BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS THE FRONT BECOMES
STATIONARY ACROSS ALABAMA.

THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK DOES NOT SHOW MUCH PROMISE EITHER AS A
SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVES OVER US ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY.  THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING BETTER SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY STRONG
STORMS BEING ON TUESDAY.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVEN THOUGH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONDITIONS...ACTIVATION OF STORM
SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL LIKELY NOT BE
REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 7:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 8:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
808 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0751 PM    FIVE POINTS               AL   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03   CHAMBERS                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. FIVE POINTS
                                          VICINITY.

Special weather statement, May 2, 8:52 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 9:17 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	12 min
May 2, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	42 min
May 2, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby	35 min
May 2, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	64 min
May 2, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	32 min
May 2, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	16 min
May 2, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	44 min
May 2, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	40 min
May 2, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Talladega	22 min
May 2, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	64 min
May 2, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	62 min
May 2, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa	42 min
May 2, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Shelby	33 min
May 2, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	66 min
May 2, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	36 min
May 2, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	32 min
May 2, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Perry	28 min
May 2, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock	39 min
May 2, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	45 min
May 3, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	45 min
May 3, 7:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	36 min
May 3, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	45 min
May 3, 8:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	43 min
May 3, 8:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.