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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 438, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 11, 1995Colbert County, Franklin County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 3:32 AM CST for Colbert County, Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 4:30 AM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 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 110933 RRA
SVRHSV
ALC033-059-111030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
332 AM CST SAT NOV 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...COLBERT COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 332 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF COLBERT AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN NORTH ALABAMA. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORM.
 
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL
CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 3:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion64 min
Nov 11, 4:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Pickens49 min
Nov 11, 6:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Hale, Perry45 min
Nov 11, 6:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa51 min
Nov 11, 6:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo27 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.