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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 396, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 26, 1995Talladega County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 5:14 PM CDT for Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 1995, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Talladega County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 61 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: 1201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 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 262214 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC115-121-015-055-262315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
514 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...ST. CLAIR COUNTY...TALLADEGA COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...CALHOUN COUNTY
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...ETOWAH COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS STRETCHING FROM WESTERN ETOWAH COUNTY NEAR
WALNUT GROVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH ST. CLAIR COUNTY TO SOUTHERN TALLADEGA
COUNTY NEAR SYLACAUGA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT
25 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LARGE PORTIONS OF ALL OF THE COUNTIES
MENTIONED.  THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
EARLIER FOR TALLADEGA COUNTY.
 
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 LOWE"ST 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

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

ALZ036-038-040-042-044-054-057-262120-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
220 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT FOR DALLAS AND
WILCOX COUNTIES....

AT 2PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
AND RAINSHOWERS SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA.

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL CHAMBERS...SOUTHWEST
MONTGOMERY...NEAR RAMER...SOUTHEAST...NEAR FT DEPOSIT...LOWNDES AND
SOUTHCENTRAL...NEAR CAMDEN...WILCOX COUNTIES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL COOSA AND NORTHEAST BUTLER
COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST AT 25 MPH.

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.

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

ALZ036-038-040-042-044-054-057-262120-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
220 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT FOR DALLAS AND
WILCOX COUNTIES....

AT 2PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
AND RAINSHOWERS SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA.

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL CHAMBERS...SOUTHWEST
MONTGOMERY...NEAR RAMER...SOUTHEAST...NEAR FT DEPOSIT...LOWNDES AND
SOUTHCENTRAL...NEAR CAMDEN...WILCOX COUNTIES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL COOSA AND NORTHEAST BUTLER
COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST AT 25 MPH.

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.

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:23 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

ALZ054-057-058-262225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
423 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995

AT 415 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
RAINSHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN CHAMBERS
COUNTY JUST WEST OF LAFAYETTE THROUGH CENTRAL MONRO COUNTY.  THE
STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE WILCOX AND BUTLER COUNTY
NEAR PINE APPLE IN WILCOX COUNTY.  THERE WAS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
OVER SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY JUST NORTH OF DOSIER.   THE MOVEMENT
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED 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.

Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:35 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
435 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

400 PM CDT PRATTVILLE             AL      TREE DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN.
7/26/95    AUTAUGA                        REPORTED BY PRATTVILLE POLICE.
                                          SVR THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN
                                          EFFECT.

Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:46 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
435 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

400 PM CDT PRATTVILLE             AL      TREE DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN.
7/26/95    AUTAUGA                        REPORTED BY PRATTVILLE POLICE.
                                          SVR THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN
                                      2    EFFECT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens	48 min
Jul 25, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lauderdale	59 min
Jul 25, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	65 min
Jul 25, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lauderdale	24 min
Jul 25, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Limestone	59 min
Jul 25, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	43 min
Jul 26, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	43 min
Jul 26, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	51 min
Jul 26, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lauderdale	61 min
Jul 26, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	51 min
Jul 26, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lawrence, Limestone	62 min
Jul 26, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo, Sumter	46 min
Jul 26, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	33 min
Jul 26, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cullman	48 min
Jul 26, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Madison	43 min
Jul 26, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	49 min
Jul 26, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	52 min
Jul 26, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marshall	41 min
Jul 26, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	66 min
Jul 26, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair	61 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.