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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 10, 1995Colbert County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 6:33 PM CDT for Colbert County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 7:07 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Colbert County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2300 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
2300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHSV 102334 RRA
SVRHSV
ALC033-110030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
633 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...COLBERT COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE SHOWED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OUT OF TISHOMINGO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI INTO
WESTERN PORTIONS OF COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 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 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, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah45 min
Jun 10, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby23 min
Jun 10, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa25 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.