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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 19, 1995Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 12:39 PM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 815 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
815 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker48 min
Apr 19, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman52 min
Apr 19, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount42 min
Apr 19, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson35 min
Apr 19, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin61 min
Apr 19, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker46 min
Apr 19, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount55 min
Apr 19, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair48 min
Apr 19, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar46 min
Apr 19, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker50 min
Apr 19, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lawrence58 min
Apr 19, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah50 min
Apr 19, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone65 min
Apr 19, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale55 min
Apr 19, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, St. Clair47 min
Apr 19, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan56 min
Apr 19, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison66 min
Apr 19, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette37 min
Apr 19, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence58 min
Apr 19, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone66 min
Apr 19, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale63 min
Apr 19, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson, Marshall56 min
Apr 19, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence56 min
Apr 19, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb56 min

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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.