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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 9, 2003Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2003, 7:24 AM CST for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 9, 2003, 7:24 AM CST (13:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2003, 8:00 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lowndes County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2003-03-09Temperature 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -195 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBMX 091324
SVRBHM
ALC085-091400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
722 AM CST SUN MAR 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 800 AM CST

* AT 718 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOSSES...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HAYNEVILLE...
LOWNDESBORO AND WHITE HALL.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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

LAT...LON 3207 8694 3197 8685 3212 8647 3237 8666

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 4:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike51 min
Mar 9, 7:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery25 min
Mar 9, 7:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike34 min
Mar 9, 8:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes34 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.