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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 365, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 17, 1995Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1995, 6:39 PM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 1995, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Marion County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 2110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -7 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 172339 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC093-180015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
639 PM CDT MON JUL 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY
 
AT 638 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY NEAR BEAR CREEK RESERVOIR. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN ShEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-172225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
324 PM CDT MON JUL 17 1995

AT 320 PM CDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A 20 MILE
WIDE BAND ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA FROM CAMDEN TO OPP TO DOTHAN.  OTHER
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO LINGER OVER LAKE MARTIN AND THE
SOUTHERN PARTS OF MONTGOMERY AND LOWNDES COUNTIES.  MOVMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

WTPZ24KNHC0

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-172225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
324 PM CDT MON JUL 17 1995

AT 320 PM CDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A 20 MILE
WIDE BAND ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA FROM CAMDEN TO OPP TO DOTHAN.  OTHER
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO LINGER OVER LAKE MARTIN AND THE
SOUTHERN PARTS OF MONTGOMERY AND LOWNDES COUNTIES.  MOVMENT WAS TO THE
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

WTPZ24KNHC0

Local storm report, Jul 17, 3:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
337 PM CDT MON JUL 17 1995

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

320PM CDT LETOHATCHEE           AL      WIND DAMAGE:POWER LINES
7/17/95   LOWNDES                       DOWN AND DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES.
                                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

WWUS34KAHN0

Local storm report, Jul 17, 3:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
337 PM CDT MON JUL 17 1995

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

320PM ^CDT LETOHATCHEE           AL      WIND DAMAGE:POWER LINES
7/17/95   LOWNDES                       DOWN AND DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES.
                                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
415 PM CDT MON JUL 17 1995

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

155 PM CDT JUST EAST OF RAMER     AL      WIND DAMAGE...POWER LINES
7/17/95    MONTGOMERY                     AND TREES DOWN.  REPORTED
                                          BY DIXIE ELECTRIC...SVR
                                          TSTM WARNING IN EFFECT.

WWUS34KCYS0

Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
415 PM CDT MON JUL 17 1995

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

155 PM CDT JUST EAST OF RAMER     AL      WIND DAMAGE...POWER LINES
7/17/95    MONTGOMERY                     AND TREES DOWN.  REPORTED
                                          BY DIXIE ELECTRIC...SVR
                                          TSTM WARNING IN EFFECT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	41 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.