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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 18, 1995Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 1995-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 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 1995-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison64 min
Jun 18, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair44 min
Jun 18, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan52 min
Jun 18, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale49 min
Jun 18, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Morgan57 min
Jun 18, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence68 min
Jun 18, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin56 min
Jun 18, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb40 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.