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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 439, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 11, 1995Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 3:41 AM CST for Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 3:41 AM CST (09:41 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 4:45 AM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 KBHM 110952 COR
SVRBHM
ALC093-075-111045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
341 AM CST SAT NOV 11 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTH ALABAMA

   ...MARION COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...LAMAR COUNTY

AT 341 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE WES
PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES FROM 345 TO 400 AM AND WILL AFFECT MOST AREAS
ACROSS MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAI.N.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON 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
Nov 11, 3:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Franklin58 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.