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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2003, 6:14 PM CST for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 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 14, 2003, 6:14 PM CST (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2003, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Russell 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 14, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
289
WUUS54 KBMX 150014
SVRBHM
ALC113-150115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
614 PM CST FRI MAR 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 612 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PITTSVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FORT
MITCHELL...HOLY TRINITY...PHENIX CITY AND SEALE.
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 3229 8524 3213 8520 3221 8496 3228 8491
3249 8501
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 63 min |
| Mar 14, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 6:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 53 min |
| Mar 14, 8:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 22 min |
| Mar 14, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 56 min |
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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.