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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 15, 1993Talladega County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1993, 3:15 PM CDT for Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 1993, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 1993, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Talladega County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -351 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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, Apr 15, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1245 PM CDT THU APR 15 1993

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER WESTERN ALABAMA...

WEATHER RADAR AT 1240 PM INDICATED A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA.  THE LINE EXTENDED SOUTHWARD
FROM NEAR NAUVOO/WALKER COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH DEMOPOLIS/MARENGO
COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THE LINE WAS LOCATED OVER
NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY.

THE STORM PRODUCED SMALL HAIL OVER SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AT
1230 PM.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS PATH
WILL TAKE THE THUNDERSTORM INTO EXTREME EASTERN FAYETTE AND WESTERN
WALKER COUNTY BY 145 PM.

PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

ALZ004>006-008-009-151845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1245 PM CDT THU APR 15 1993

    ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER WESTERN ALABAMA...

WEATHER RADAR AT 1240 PM INDICATED A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA.  THE LINE EXTENDED SOUTHWARD
FROM NEAR NAUVOO/WALKER COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH DEMOPOLIS/MARENGO
COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THE LINE WAS LOCATED OVER
NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA AND SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY.

THE STORM PRODUCED SMALL HAIL OVER SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AT
1230 PM.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS PATH
WILL TAKE THE THUNDERSTORM INTO EXTREME EASTERN FAYETTE AND W>ESTERN
WALKER COUNTY BY 145 PM.

PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
209 PM CDT THU APR 15 1993

....TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA UNTIL 800 PM
THIS EVENING....

AT 200 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA. THIS LINE STRETCHED FROM
NORTHERN WILCOX COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY...NORTHWARD INTO NORTH ALABAMA
AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITY OF SELMA
WITHIN HALF AN HOUR.

ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

ALZ010-011-012-014-017-018-152015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
209 PM CDT THU APR 15 1993

....TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA UNTIL 800 PM
THIS EVENING....

AT 200 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA. THIS LINE STRETCHED FROM
NORTHERN WILCOX COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY...NORTHWARD INTO NORTH ALABAMA
AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITY OF SELMA
WITHIN HALF AN HOUR.

ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:09 PM CDT, 6 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
Apr 15, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene	25 min
Apr 15, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson	67 min
Apr 15, 2:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	32 min
Apr 15, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Limestone	44 min
Apr 15, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	46 min
Apr 15, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1993 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

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.