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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 22, 1995Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 7:45 AM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Cullman County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1475 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 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
1475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 221245
SVRBHM
ALC043-221330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
745 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY
 
AT 742 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY NEAR LEWIS SMITH DAM.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT WILBUR...
COLONY...AND ARKADELPHIA.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND $OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Marion49 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, 7:49 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.