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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 15, 1995Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 12:30 PM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2319 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 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 151730
SVRBHM
ALC093-151830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1230 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 1228 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ENTERING WESTERN MARION COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE HAMILTON AREA
BEFORE 100 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
 
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 15, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence56 min
May 15, 12:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin69 min
May 15, 12:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan69 min
May 15, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman59 min
May 15, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence65 min
May 15, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar61 min
May 15, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston52 min
May 15, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount58 min
May 15, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker67 min
May 15, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount50 min
May 15, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman61 min
May 15, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens58 min
May 15, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCullman, Jefferson, Walker65 min
May 15, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah58 min
May 15, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair66 min
May 15, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson50 min
May 15, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa60 min
May 15, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Shelby, Talladega56 min
May 15, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby51 min
May 15, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun61 min
May 15, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb52 min
May 15, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene50 min
May 15, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne58 min
May 15, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay68 min
May 15, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry46 min
May 15, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph69 min
May 15, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton59 min
May 15, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter63 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.