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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 19, 1995Calhoun County, Etowah County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 1:40 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Etowah County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 191841
SVRBHM
ALC015-055-191930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
140 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...CALHOUN COUNTY
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...ETOWAH COUNTY
 
AT 138 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM ST.
CLAIR COUNTY EAST INTO ETOWAH AND CALHOUN COUNTY. IN CALHOUN COUNTY THE
COMMUNITIES IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED WILL BE OHATACHEE...AND JACKSONVILLE.
IN ETOWAH COUNTY THE COMMUNITIES IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED WILL BE RAINBOW
CITY ...GLENCOE..AND HOKES BLUFF. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILE
A 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON 8THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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

Local storm report, Apr 19, 12:57 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1255 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

TIME(CDT)      .....CITY LOCATION.....  STATE      ...EVENT/REMARKS...
               ....COUNTY LOCATION....

 1138 AM       JASPER                   AL         QUARTER (COIN) SIZED HAIL
 04/19/95      WALKER

 1154 AM       BUG TUSSLE               AL         QUARTER SIZED HAIL
 0419/95       CULLMAN

 1158 AM       SIPSEY                 AL           HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
 04/19/95      WALKER

 1210 PM       SOUTH OF BREMEN        AL           PUBLIC REPORT OF FUNNEL
 04/19/95      CULLMAN                             CLOUD.

 1235 PM       HAYDEN                 AL           WIND DAMAGE TO TWO BARNS...
 04/19/95      BLOUNT                              TREES DOWN.  QUARTER TO
                                                   GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.

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, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette36 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, 1:55 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

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.