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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 10, 1995Etowah County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 12:45 PM CDT for Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Etowah County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2136 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 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
ALZ049-050-101420-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
819 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995

AT 815 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY WAS
INDICATING A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
TROY-LOUISVILLE -CLAYTON-EUFAULA. THIS LINE COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.  MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY IN AREAS
OF HEAVY RAIN. YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS AND
BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE HYDROPLANING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb63 min
Jun 10, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson26 min
Jun 10, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson27 min
Jun 10, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb43 min
Jun 10, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount29 min
Jun 10, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega29 min
Jun 10, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount38 min
Jun 10, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson35 min
Jun 10, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby23 min
Jun 10, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa25 min
Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert34 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.