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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 22, 1995Fayette County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 6:41 AM CDT for Fayette County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 6:41 AM CDT (11:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
49 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 00:00Z, 11.7 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 747 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 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 221142
SVRBHM
ALC093-057-221230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
641 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 640 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF VERNON IN LAMAR COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE WINFIELD...WAYSIDE...
LAWRENCE MILL...FAYETTE AREAS IN THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES.
 
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL IN THE VERNON AND
SULLIGENT AREAS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar34 min
Apr 22, 6:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan44 min
Apr 22, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker52 min
Apr 22, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall69 min
Apr 22, 7:26 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar34 min
Apr 22, 7:37 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker53 min
Apr 22, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman45 min
Apr 22, 7:49 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson41 min
Apr 22, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb58 min
Apr 22, 8:23 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair52 min
Apr 22, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa34 min
Apr 22, 8:30 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount30 min
Apr 22, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson56 min
Apr 22, 8:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah44 min
Apr 22, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Cleburne50 min
Apr 22, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun50 min
Apr 22, 9:01 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee44 min
Apr 22, 9:12 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun38 min
Apr 22, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph50 min
Apr 22, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne15 min
Apr 22, 9:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton40 min
Apr 22, 9:56 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee, Cleburne19 min
Apr 22, 10:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay56 min
Apr 22, 10:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph48 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.