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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 11, 1995Fayette County, Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 12:05 AM CDT for Fayette County, Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1995, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1995-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 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 1995-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.2

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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, May 10, 6:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
ALZ011>018-022>024-110030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
630 PM CDT WED MAY 10 1995

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 345 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MARION...WINSTON...
CULLMAN...LAMAR...FAYETTE...WALKER...AND PICKENS COUNTIES.

THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA...JEFFERSON...
BLOUNT...AND ETOWAH COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
ALZ017-018-023-024-110045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
650 PM CDT WED MAY 10 1995

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 345 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR TUSCALOOSA...
JEFFERSON...BLOUNT...AND ETOWAH COUNTIES.

THE ARE NO LONGER ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN ALABAMA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion48 min
May 10, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson, Madison55 min
May 10, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarion54 min
May 10, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarion31 min
May 10, 11:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston69 min
May 10, 11:24 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJackson66 min
May 11, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion51 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.