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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 26, 1988Chilton County, Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1988, 7:39 PM CDT for Chilton County, Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1988, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1988, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chilton County, AL, Shelby County, AL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Shelby, AL
Jun 26, 8:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Shelby, AL
Jun 26, 8:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Chilton, AL
Jun 26, 8:21 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Shelby, AL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1988-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 893 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1988-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
893 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.