Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 13, 1991Limestone County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 1991, 9:29 PM CST for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 86 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
Feb 13, 1991, 9:29 PM CST (03:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 1991, 10:55 PM CST
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Limestone County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 13, 9:35 PM CSTHail 0.75Limestone, 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1991-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 258 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1991-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
258 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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
Feb 13, 9:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison61 min
Feb 13, 10:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison56 min
Feb 13, 10:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.