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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2003, 1:55 PM CST for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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 13, 2003, 1:55 PM CST (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2003, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lowndes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 10:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
265
WUUS54 KBMX 131955
SVRBHM
ALC085-132045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
155 PM CST THU MAR 13 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 245 PM CST
* AT 151 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MOSSES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FORT
DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...LOWNDESBORO AND WHITE HALL.
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...MOVE INSIDE...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.
LAT...LON 3221 8685 3196 8662 3200 8642 3224 8642
3226 8647 3237 8663
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 54 min |
| Mar 13, 11:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 11:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 12:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry, Tuscaloosa | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 1:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Talladega | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 46 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.