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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 360, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 15, 1995Blount County, Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 5:26 PM CDT for Blount County, Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Blount County, AL, Jefferson County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1129 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 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
1129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-36 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 152227 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC073-009-043-152330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
526 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...WESTERN BLOUNT COUNTY...CULLMAN COUNTY
 
AT 526PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CULLMAN SOUTH OVER THE
RICKWOOD CAVERN AREA THEN SOUTH INTO NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AREA
NEAR MORRIS ALONG INTERSTATE 65. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY
WEST NORTHWEST.
 
 
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 RAINNS 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, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison51 min
Jul 15, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan67 min
Jul 15, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman64 min
Jul 15, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.