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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 28, 1995Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1995, 3:57 PM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 830 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 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 282058 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC057-282130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
357 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE FAYETTE AND
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY LINE BETWEEN BERRY AND CONCORD. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SLOWLY SOUTHWEST.
 
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 O4N 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 27, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall68 min
Jul 27, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb60 min
Jul 28, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence, Limestone65 min
Jul 28, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison, Morgan65 min
Jul 28, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston40 min
Jul 28, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar50 min
Jul 28, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa53 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.