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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 20, 1995Franklin County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 7:53 PM CDT for Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1995, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1059 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 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
1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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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 20, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>043-210100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
557 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 1100 CDT....

AT 545 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY
INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM EMBEDDED WITHIN A AREA OF RAINSHOWERS 25 MILES
WEST OF MONTGOMERY MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar52 min
Apr 20, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens16 min
Apr 20, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Marion55 min
Apr 20, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lawrence55 min
Apr 20, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXColbert, Lawrence64 min
Apr 20, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar32 min
Apr 20, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLauderdale56 min
Apr 20, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFranklin44 min
Apr 20, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston67 min
Apr 20, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar33 min
Apr 20, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarion32 min
Apr 20, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens66 min
Apr 20, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette64 min
Apr 20, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLawrence69 min
Apr 20, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLimestone64 min
Apr 20, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Sumter58 min
Apr 20, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMorgan68 min
Apr 20, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman, Walker, Winston62 min
Apr 20, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa62 min
Apr 20, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette46 min
Apr 20, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens42 min
Apr 20, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa, Walker31 min
Apr 20, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman63 min
Apr 20, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan17 min
Apr 20, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale55 min
Apr 20, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson63 min
Apr 20, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby58 min
Apr 20, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount56 min
Apr 20, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair55 min
Apr 21, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton55 min
Apr 21, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah55 min
Apr 21, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo, Perry63 min
Apr 21, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega57 min
Apr 21, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb, Jackson68 min
Apr 21, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee45 min
Apr 21, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton40 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.