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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 14, 1995Limestone County, Madison County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 12:47 PM CDT for Limestone County, Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 12:47 PM CDT (17:47 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHSV 141748
SVRHSV
ALC049-071-083-089-141845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1247 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...DEKALB COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...LIMESTONE COUNTY
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 1245 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF LIMESTONE...
MADISON...AND JACKSON COUNTIES AND ALSO IN CENTRAL DE KALB
COUNTY.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson61 min
May 14, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan55 min
May 14, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb30 min
May 14, 10:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall65 min
May 14, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall38 min
May 14, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson46 min
May 14, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb, Jackson58 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.