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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 13, 1995Fayette County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 6:16 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1995-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1101 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 1995-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 132315
SVRBHM
ALC057-125-132345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
616 PM CDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. ONE SEVERE STORM WAS
LOCATED NORTH OF SAMANTHA...AND WAS MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY BY 630 PM...AND WILL
BE AFFECTING CONCORD AND NEWTONVILLE.
 
ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...
EAST OF BUHL.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING ELROD AND BUHL BY 630 PM.  STRONG WIND AND HAIL REMAIN LIKELY
WITH THESE STORMS.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo33 min
Jul 12, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter27 min
Jul 13, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby36 min
Jul 13, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Perry33 min
Jul 13, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Tuscaloosa33 min
Jul 13, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby31 min
Jul 13, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens31 min
Jul 13, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene33 min
Jul 13, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens30 min
Jul 13, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.