Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1986, 9:16 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 1986, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1986, 9:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1728 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KHSV 010216
SVRHSV
ALC077-083-089-010315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
916 PM CDT THU JUL 31 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTH ALABAMA
..LAUDERDALE..LIMESTONE..MADISON
AT 915 THIS EVENING RADAR INDICATED A POSSBILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHWEST MADISON COUNTY JUST NORTH OF TONEY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALSO LOCATED IN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF ATHENS AND IN
EASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY NEAR ROGERSVILLE.
.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 31, 6:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 6 PM CDT THU JUL 31 1986 ...AT 328PM CDT...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT WALNUT GROVE IN ETOWAH COUNTY. REPORT FROM GADSDEN EMA. ...AT 425 PM CDT...ST CLAIR COUNTY...TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 144 NEAR RAGLAND...DAMAGE TO A POWER LINE IN AREA.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 630 PM CDT THU JUL 31 1986 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH OVER EASTERN ALABAMA AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, AUTAUGA...BULLOCK...CHILTON...CLARKE...CONECUH...COOSA... CRENSHAW...DALLAS...GREENE...HALE...LOWNDES...MARENGO...MONROE... MONTGOMERY...PERRY...SUMTER...WI
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 630 PM CDT THU JUL 31 1986 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH OVER EASTERN ALABAMA AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, AUTAUGA...BULLOCK...CHILTON...CLARKE...CONECUH...COOSA... CRENSHAW...DALLAS...GREENE...HALE...LOWNDES...MARENGO...MONROE... MONTGOMERY...PERRY...SUMTER...WILCOX. HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CDT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 7:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 630 PM CDT THU JUL 31 1986 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ELMORE...TALLAPOOSA...LEE AND CHAMBERS. HOWEVER BULLOCK COUNTY WAS MISTAKENLY CLEARED ON THE LAST STATEMENT. BULLOCK COUNTY WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF COUNTIES THAT CONTINUE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 442 COVERING SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 7:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 700 PM CDT THU JUL 31 1986 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES FROM MACON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES SOUTHWARD... RADAR SHOWED A BAND IF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST ALABAMA AT 650 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM TALASSEE TO HURTSBORO.. AND MOVING SOUTH AT AROUND 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING... BLINDING RAIN...AND SOME HAIL. PLEASE REMAIN ALERT UNTIL THE WATCH EXPIRES IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DEVAUGHN
Local storm report, Jul 31, 7:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 710 PM CDT THU JUL 31 1986 5PM CDT...LEE-CHAMBERS COUNTY LINE NORTH OF OPELIKA...BLINDING RAIN..HIGH WINDS..MARBLE SIZED HAIL. REPORT FROM LEE COUNTY EMA. 6PM...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN ALEXANDER CITY..BLOCKING ROADS...PEA SIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. FROM DPS ALEXANDER CITY. 5-6 PM...POWER OUTAGES ALL OVER AUBURN..OPELIKA..ALEXANDER CITY... AND TALASSEE. DEVAUGHN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 61 min |
| Jul 31, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Marshall | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.