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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 20, 1995Fayette County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 4:05 PM CDT for Fayette County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1995, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, AL, Marion County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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 202105
SVRBHM
ALC093-057-202145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
405 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 405 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN
LAMAR COUNTY JUST EAST OF SULLIGENT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR
WAYSIDE AROUND 410-415 PM...AND OVER MARION COUNTY NEAR THE
GUIN...WINFIELD...AND TWIN AREAS BETWEEN 415 AND 430 PM.
 
 
 
 
 
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 THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar41 min
Apr 20, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar23 min
Apr 20, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Marion43 min
Apr 20, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston45 min
Apr 20, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence69 min
Apr 20, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion58 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.