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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 358, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 15, 1995Madison County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 3:59 PM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 4:50 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2352 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 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
2352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 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 152100
SVRHSV
ALC089-152200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
359 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE INDICATED A LINE OF
POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF NEW MARKET IN NORTHERN
MADISON COUNTY TO NEAR NEW HOPE IN SOUTHERN MADISON...AND NEAR THE TOWN
OF MADISON.
 
THE STORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT.
 
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 14, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar43 min
Jul 15, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan67 min
Jul 15, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson64 min
Jul 15, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman64 min
Jul 15, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence66 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.