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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 6, 1995Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 6:49 PM CDT for Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 637 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 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
637 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 KHSV 062351 RRA
SVRHSV
ALC103-070045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
649 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MORGAN COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LIMESTONE
COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT.
 
AT 748 PM CDT RADAR AT HUNTSVILLE SHOWED A POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN MORGAN COUNTY ALABAMA.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
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
Jun 6, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin25 min
Jun 6, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette63 min
Jun 6, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa48 min
Jun 6, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone61 min
Jun 6, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison64 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.