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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 23, 1996Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1996, 4:30 PM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 23, 1996, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1996, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1603 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1996-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 232132
SVRBHM
ALC057-232200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
430 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 430 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DRIFTING WEST
INTO NORTHEAST FAYETTE COUNTY IN THE HOWARD AND STUDDARDS CROSSROADS
AREAS. THESE STORM HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS IN THE CARBON HILL
AREA IN WALKER COUNTY WHERE A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED. TAKE COVER.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD&
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Russell69 min
Jun 23, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa69 min
Jun 23, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby54 min
Jun 23, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa42 min
Jun 23, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee56 min
Jun 23, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon49 min
Jun 23, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker33 min
Jun 23, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa33 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.