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Tornado Warning 183, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 1, 2003Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2003, 5:26 AM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 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
Jul 1, 2003, 5:26 AM CDT (10:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2003, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
64 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 1:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2003-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

879 
WFUS54 KBMX 011026
TORBHM
ALC113-011130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
525 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 522 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO 
INCLUDE...RUTHERFORD...PERSONS...HATCHECHUBBEE...AND SEALE.

TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

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

LAT...LON 3217 8541 3216 8525 3209 8519 3246 8512
          3242 8543

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 4:53 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour37 min
Jul 1, 5:35 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery35 min
Jul 1, 6:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXAutauga118 min
Jul 1, 6:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXMontgomery109 min
Jul 1, 6:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXElmore2 hr
Jul 1, 7:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXTallapoosa2 hr
Jul 1, 8:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXChambers, Lee, Macon, Randolph4 hr
Jul 1, 12:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson3 hr

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.