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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 29, 1996Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1996, 1:02 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 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 29, 1996, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1996, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 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 12:00Z on 1996-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 204 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 12:00Z on 1996-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHSV 291803
SVRHSV
ALC077-291900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
102 PM CDT MON APR 29 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
 
AT 100 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN COLBERT COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE BETWEEN
THE TOWNS OF WRIGHT AND FLORENCE IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS
PRODUCED GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AS IT PASSED OVER TISHOMINGO
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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 RA>INS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert57 min
Apr 29, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas65 min
Apr 29, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion55 min
Apr 29, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens55 min
Apr 29, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette25 min
Apr 29, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter62 min
Apr 29, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore, Montgomery54 min
Apr 29, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery43 min
Apr 29, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence56 min
Apr 29, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell53 min
Apr 29, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXElmore36 min
Apr 29, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone64 min
Apr 29, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Tallapoosa68 min
Apr 29, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan66 min
Apr 29, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison66 min
Apr 29, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Randolph58 min
Apr 29, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers47 min
Apr 29, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall64 min
Apr 29, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne48 min
Apr 29, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount39 min
Apr 29, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell30 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.