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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 16, 1995Clay County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 7:05 PM CDT for Clay County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Clay County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2377 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
2377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.0

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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.