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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 16, 1995Randolph County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 6:46 PM CDT for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, AL

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 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 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 162347
SVRBHM
ALC111-170045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
646 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
AT 642PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CLAY
AND RANDOLPH COUNTY BORDER NEAR LAKE WEDOWEE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS RANDOLPH COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CLAY COUNTY NEAR
MELLOW VALLEY DURING THE PAST 45 MINUTES.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Marengo46 min
May 15, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo43 min
May 16, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale14 min
May 16, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.