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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 14, 1989Colbert County, Franklin County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1989, 2:27 AM CDT for Colbert County, Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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 14, 1989, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1989, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin 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 14, 3:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Colbert, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 1989-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1130 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 1989-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
1130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 14, 2:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXColbert, Franklin63 min
Jun 14, 12:07 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMorgan38 min
Jun 14, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison, Morgan64 min
Jun 14, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson, Marshall56 min
Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby60 min
Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker60 min
Jun 14, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby58 min
Jun 14, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair67 min
Jun 14, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega64 min
Jun 14, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount63 min
Jun 14, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Clay, Cleburne69 min
Jun 14, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah69 min
Jun 14, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph58 min
Jun 14, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman58 min
Jun 14, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee58 min
Jun 14, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall, Morgan38 min
Jun 14, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Pickens46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.