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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 28, 1993Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1993, 7:36 PM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 1993, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Cullman County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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

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

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-282245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
425 PM CDT WED JUL 28 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT 415 PM CDT.
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED IN THE EAST
ALABAMA...BETWEEN AUBURN AND DOTHAN.  AND OVER SOUTH ALABAMA FROM NEAR
FT DEPOSIT TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA STATE LINE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED
LITTLE MOVEMENT.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN
...STONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORHMS
PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR
LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-282245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
425 PM CDT WED JUL 28 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT 415 PM CDT.
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED IN THE EAST
ALABAMA...BETWEEN AUBURN AND DOTHAN.  AND OVER SOUTH ALABAMA FROM NEAR
FT DEPOSIT TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA STATE LINE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED
LITTLE MOVEMENT.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN
...STONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR
LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-290015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
545 PM CDT WED JUL 28 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT 545 PM CDT.
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED IN A 30 MILE
WIDE BAND FROM NEAR MONROEVILLE TO FT DEPOSIT TO JUST NORTH OF EUFAULA
ON THE ALABAMA/GEORGIA STATE LINE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING.

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-290015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
545 PM CDT WED JUL 28 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT 545 PM CDT.
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED IN A 30 MILE
WIDE BAND FROM NEAR MONROEVILLE TO FT DEPOSIT TO JUST NORTH OF EUFAULA
ON THE ALABAMA/GEORGIA STATE LINE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.  REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING.

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:28 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Limestone, Morgan	57 min
Jul 28, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	49 min
Jul 29, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton	53 min
Jul 29, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	50 min
Jul 29, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	40 min
Jul 29, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	43 min
Jul 29, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene	48 min
Jul 29, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale	35 min
Jul 29, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	35 min
Jul 29, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.