Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1993, 6:14 PM CDT for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1993, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1496 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBHM 142316 SVRBMX ALC117-150000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 614 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...SHELBY COUNTY AT 613 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Jun 14, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
ALZ010-012-014-017-018-142245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 450 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 440 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CENTERVILLE TO THE SOUTH COAST OF ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DISSIPATING DURING THE LAST 20 MINUTES BUT WILL STILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A FEW OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER ARITON IN DALE COUNTY AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD IN COFFEE/PIKE COUNTY AND IN NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTHSOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO MARION COUNTY. THEY ARE NO LONGER A THREAT TO DALLAS COUNTY. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SNELL WWUS32KOKC ,
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
ALZ010-012-014-017-018-142245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 450 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 440 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CENTERVILLE TO THE SOUTH COAST OF ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DISSIPATING DURING THE LAST 20 MINUTES BUT WILL STILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A FEW OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER ARITON IN DALE COUNTY AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD IN COFFEE/PIKE COUNTY AND IN NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTHSOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO MARION COUNTY. THEY ARE NO LONGER A THREAT TO DALLAS COUNTY. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SNELL
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 512 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS ALABAMA... AT 509 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE MARION AND WINSTON COUNTY BORDER NEAR BRILLIANT AND NEAR CARBON HILL AND PARRISH IN WALKER COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEASTERN MARENGO COUNTY EAST OF DIXONS MILLS AND OVER SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY SOUTH OF MARION. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH RAINFALL RATE...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. ALSO...THEY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THUNDER STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
ALZ004>009-011-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 512 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS ALABAMA... AT 509 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE MARION AND WINSTON COUNTY BORDER NEAR BRILLIANT AND NEAR CARBON HILL AND PARRISH IN WALKER COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEASTERN MARENGO COUNTY EAST OF DIXONS MILLS AND OVER SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY SOUTH OF MARION. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH RAINFALL RATE...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. ALSO...THEY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THUNDER STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:11 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 611 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS ALABAMA... AT 609 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES AND CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY NEAR EUTAW. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER TUSCALOOSA...BIBB...HALE AND PERRY COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH RAINFALL RATE...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. ALSO...THEY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THUNDER STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:12 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 611 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS ALABAMA... AT 609 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES AND CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY NEAR EUTAW. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER TUSCALOOSA...BIBB...HALE AND PERRY COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH RAINFALL RATE...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. ALSO...THEY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FORV FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THUNDER STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1993Every 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.