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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 326, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 9, 1995Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 8:30 AM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1995-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 278 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 1995-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 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 KBHM 091331 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC057-091415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
830 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 830 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE BLUFF
COMMUNITY...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF FAYETTE. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE CITY OF FAYETTE AROUND 845 AM. LARGE HAIL WAS INDICATED WITH THIS
STORM.
 
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
Jul 9, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa60 min
Jul 9, 9:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette33 min
Jul 9, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter47 min
Jul 9, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo49 min
Jul 9, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter46 min
Jul 9, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo53 min
Jul 9, 12:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarengo54 min
Jul 9, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter44 min
Jul 9, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo36 min
Jul 9, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee43 min
Jul 9, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Pickens60 min
Jul 9, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Pickens59 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.