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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 12, 2003Calhoun County, Talladega County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2003, 3:51 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 12, 2003, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2003, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2003-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 253 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 2003-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

309 
WUUS54 KBMX 122051
SVRBHM
ALC015-121-122130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
351 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALPINE BAY RESORT TO 8 MILES   
SOUTH OF WALDO...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...ANNISTON...
BLUE MOUNTAIN...BYNUM...LINCOLN...MUNFORD...OXFORD...TALLADEGA...
WEAVER AND WEST END-COBB TOWN.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND WILL KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...AND
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 3381 8573 3377 8564 3365 8564 3361 8575
          3346 8594 3339 8598 3332 8598 3332 8613
          3340 8623 3344 8632 3351 8629 3355 8618
          3362 8619

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Tuscaloosa47 min
Jun 12, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson47 min
Jun 12, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Cleburne, Randolph48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.