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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 25, 1996Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1996, 5:00 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
Aug 25, 1996, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1996, 5:30 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, 10.0 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 1996-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 429 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 1996-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 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 252203
SVRBHM
ALC057-252230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
500 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 449 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
NORTH OF BANKSTON. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTH AND WILL AFFECT THE
BANKSTON...AND BERRY AREAS.
 
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 RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison59 min
Aug 25, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale66 min
Aug 25, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone69 min
Aug 25, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston46 min
Aug 25, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence62 min
Aug 25, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker28 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.