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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 27, 1996Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 1996, 8:29 PM CST for Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 1996, 8:29 PM CST (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 1996, 9:30 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 1996-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 258 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 1996-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 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
258 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.4

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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.