Severe Thunderstorm Warning 351, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jun 17, 2003, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 2003, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS54 KBMX 172144
SVRBHM
ALC073-172215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
443 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HOMEWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIRMINGHAM 
AND HOOVER.

LARGE HAIL...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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

LAT...LON 3343 8698 3363 8677 3349 8660 3335 8688

$$

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 2:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
208 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

A WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE. AN UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN TO THE
WEST FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THEN MODELS GRADUALLY OPEN IT
UP AND MOVE IT OFF TO THE EAST. SEVERAL IMPULSES WILL ROTATE AROUND
THIS FEATURE. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND
A WEAK SURFACE TROF MAY ALSO DRIFT INTO THE AREA...HELPING TO ENHANCE
CONVECTION.  I WILL KEEP POPS HIGH THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN DROP POPS
BACK TO CHANCE CATEGORY AFTER THAT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
MOST NUMEROUS FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING EACH DAY.

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
BHM 70 86 70 85 71 / 60 80 40 60
MGM 72 87 72 87 72 / 60 80 40 60

.BHM...NONE.

ALZ011>015-017>050-171400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
100 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

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

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

NOTHING HAS CHANGED. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS PARKED
OVER THE REGION. NUMEROUS SMALL SCALE BOUNDARIES WILL AID IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...AND SOME LOCALIZED
AREAS WILL RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...

A SURFACE FRONT STAYS CLOSE TO THE REGION FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
THEREFORE...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL COVER A LARGE PART OF
THE FORECAST AREA. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST
EACH DAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS AND LOCALIZED AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME. MOST STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.

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

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.