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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 19, 1995Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 11:38 AM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Cullman County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1995-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 815 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 1995-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
815 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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 191641 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC043-191730-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1138 AM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CULLMAN COUNTY
 
AT 11:39 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
CULLMAN COUNTY. ONE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE COMMUNTIES OF LEWIS SMITH D
AND WILBURN. THE SECOND STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITIES NEAR LOGAN
AND NORTH CULLMAN. BOTH STORMS WERE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL RECENTLY IN WALKER 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 LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY 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
Apr 19, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker48 min
Apr 19, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount42 min
Apr 19, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson35 min
Apr 19, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette36 min
Apr 19, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin61 min
Apr 19, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker46 min
Apr 19, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount55 min
Apr 19, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair48 min
Apr 19, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar46 min
Apr 19, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker50 min
Apr 19, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lawrence58 min
Apr 19, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah50 min
Apr 19, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone65 min
Apr 19, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale55 min
Apr 19, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, St. Clair47 min
Apr 19, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan56 min
Apr 19, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison66 min
Apr 19, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette37 min
Apr 19, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence58 min
Apr 19, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone66 min
Apr 19, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale63 min
Apr 19, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson, Marshall56 min
Apr 19, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence56 min
Apr 19, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb56 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.