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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 24, 1996Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 1996, 3:17 AM CST for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 1996, 3:17 AM CST (09:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 1996, 4:00 AM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 24, 3:45 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50Montgomery, AL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 1996-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1996-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 8:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes38 min
Jan 24, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb38 min
Jan 24, 3:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Randolph, Tallapoosa43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.