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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 18, 1995Limestone County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1995, 5:48 PM CDT for Limestone County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1995, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Limestone County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 1995-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 170 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 1995-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KHSV 182249 RRA
SVRHSV
ALC083-103-182345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
548 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...LIMESTONE COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY
 
AT 546 PM CDT RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY NEAR
MOORESVILLE.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL MOVE INTO THE CITY OF DECATUR IN M0RGAN COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15
MINUTES.
 
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 18, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson60 min
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, 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

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.