Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 326, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 7, 1996Clay County, Talladega County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1996, 3:00 PM CDT for Clay County, Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports 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: Jun 7, 1996, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 1996, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clay County, AL, Talladega County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 7, 3:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Sylacauga, AL
Jun 7, 3:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Talladega, AL
Jun 7, 3:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 40	Fayetteville, 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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 546 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -28 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lauderdale, Limestone	65 min
Jun 7, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	42 min
Jun 7, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	39 min
Jun 7, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	30 min
Jun 7, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	51 min
Jun 7, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1996 Every 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.