Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2003, 6:06 PM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 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 11, 2003, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 2567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
536
WUUS54 KBMX 112306
SVRBHM
ALC093-120000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
606 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 602 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEXAR TO 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEXAR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BEAR
CREEK...HACKLEBURG...HAMILTON...WESTON AND WHITEHOUSE.
STRONG DAMAGING WIND WILL KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...AND MAY
DAMAGE BUILDINGS AND HOMES. TAKE COVER NOW. FIND SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER...AVOID WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES.
CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3457 8835 3411 8824 3407 8794 3406 8765
3455 8761
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 12 min |
| Jun 11, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Talladega | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 12 min |
| Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2003Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.