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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 9, 1995Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 12:37 PM CDT for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 1995, 12:37 PM CDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Marengo County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 091738 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC091-091830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1237 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...MARENGO COUNTY
 
AT 1237 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER MARENGO COUNTY FROM NEAR MYRTLEWOOD TO NEAR MAGNOLIA. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HIGHS WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS.
 
THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...D2ESTRUCTIVE 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.

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

Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
915 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0910 AMf    SAMANTHA                 AL    NICKEL-SIZE HAIL COVERED
07/09/95   TUSCALOOSA                     THE GROUND

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

ALZ040-091725-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1023 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

AT 1015CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS HEAVY
RAIN AND COULD HAVE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO NORTH
DALLAS COUNTY ABOUT 1045 CDT.

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.

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

ALZ040-091725-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1023 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

AT 1015CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS HEAVY
RAIN AND COULD HAVE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO NORTH
DALLAS COUNTY ABOUT 1045 CDT.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNIjNG...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.

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

ALZ054-091840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1136 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

AT 1128 CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED
A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST WILCOX COUNTY. THIS
STORM HAS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD HAVE HAIL AND STRONG GUTY WINDS.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD REACH MILLERS
FARRY ABOUT 1150 CDT.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

Local storm report, Jul 9, 11:49 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1149 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1144-46 AM LIVINGSTON                AL   HAIL
7/9/95     SUMTER                         PEA TO NICKEL SIZE.

Local storm report, Jul 9, 11:52 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1149 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1144-46 AM LIVINGSTON                AL   HAIL
7/9/95     SUMTER                         PEA TO NICKEL SIZE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	45 min
Jul 9, 9:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	60 min
Jul 9, 9:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	33 min
Jul 9, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	47 min
Jul 9, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	49 min
Jul 9, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	46 min
Jul 9, 12:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo	54 min
Jul 9, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	44 min
Jul 9, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	36 min
Jul 9, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	43 min
Jul 9, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	60 min
Jul 9, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.