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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 15, 1995Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 12:59 PM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lamar County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 151759
SVRBHM
ALC075-151900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1259 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 1256 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY...NEAR HENSON SPRINGS AND
BEAVERTON. ADDITIONAL POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST ACROSS
THE STATE LINE IN MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST
AROUND 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE SULLIGENT AND VERNON AREAS BEFORE
130 PM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion60 min
May 15, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman59 min
May 15, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence65 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

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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.