Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2003, 7:43 PM CST for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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
- Feb 15, 2003, 7:43 PM CST (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2003, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marengo County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
358
WUUS54 KBMX 160143
SVRBHM
ALC091-160245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
743 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 845 PM CST
* AT 737 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF SWEET WATER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DAYTON...
LINDEN...MYRTLEWOOD...PROVIDENCE AND THOMASTON.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
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 3206 8812 3210 8804 3216 8801 3225 8801
3249 8753 3231 8753 3231 8747 3228 8747
3228 8752 3224 8753 3200 8803
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Tuscaloosa | 54 min |
| Feb 15, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 9:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 41 min |
| Feb 15, 9:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 66 min |
| Feb 15, 10:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 54 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.