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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 2, 2003Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2003, 4:59 PM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 2, 2003, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lamar County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2003-06-02Temperature 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2003-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

898 
WUUS54 KBMX 022159
SVRBHM
ALC075-022245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
459 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES WEST OF MILLPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MOLLOY...
SULLIGENT AND VERNON.

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 3356 8828 3384 8824 3393 8814 3364 8795
          3355 8811

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens32 min
Jun 2, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar43 min
Jun 2, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa44 min
Jun 2, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa46 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.