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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 3, 2003Chilton County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2003, 8:24 AM CDT for Chilton County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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
May 3, 2003, 8:24 AM CDT (13:24 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chilton County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2003-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 618 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

319 
WUUS54 KBMX 031324
SVRBHM
ALC021-031400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
824 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 821 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THORSBY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLANTON...
INGRAM AND JEMISON.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3305 8686 3281 8686 3278 8647 3302 8658

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas12 min
May 2, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega42 min
May 2, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXShelby35 min
May 2, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Coosa64 min
May 2, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo32 min
May 2, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes16 min
May 2, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson44 min
May 2, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa40 min
May 2, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTalladega22 min
May 2, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Perry64 min
May 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Tallapoosa62 min
May 2, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa42 min
May 2, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Shelby33 min
May 2, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike66 min
May 2, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee36 min
May 2, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa32 min
May 2, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry28 min
May 2, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock39 min
May 2, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell28 min
May 2, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas45 min
May 3, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter45 min
May 3, 7:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa36 min
May 3, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo45 min
May 3, 8:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby43 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.