Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 445, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 18, 1996, 1:01 AM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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
- Oct 18, 1996, 1:01 AM CDT (06:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 1996, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 1:28 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Hamilton, AL | |
| Oct 18, 1:38 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Guin, 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 180603 SVRBHM ALC093-180700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 101 AM CDT FRI OCT 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...MARION COUNTY AT 100 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN MARION COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. 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 ORf 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 62 min |
| Oct 18, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 57 min |
| Oct 18, 12:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 68 min |
| Oct 18, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 63 min |
| Oct 18, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Limestone | 48 min |
| Oct 18, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 67 min |
| Oct 18, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 60 min |
| Oct 18, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 61 min |
| Oct 18, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 66 min |
| Oct 18, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 44 min |
| Oct 18, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 58 min |
| Oct 18, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.