Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 22, 1996Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1996, 9:13 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1996, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1996-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 222 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1996-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 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
222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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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
Apr 22, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens53 min
Apr 22, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter65 min
Apr 22, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar69 min
Apr 22, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene40 min
Apr 22, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa67 min
Apr 23, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette38 min
Apr 23, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Marengo50 min
Apr 23, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston53 min
Apr 23, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker48 min
Apr 23, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin63 min
Apr 23, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker42 min
Apr 23, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson68 min
Apr 23, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence62 min
Apr 23, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry40 min
Apr 23, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman63 min
Apr 23, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby56 min
Apr 23, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan64 min
Apr 23, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount61 min
Apr 23, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone63 min
Apr 23, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair60 min
Apr 23, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison59 min
Apr 23, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall62 min
Apr 23, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXLimestone3 hr
Apr 23, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson65 min
Apr 23, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.