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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 21, 1997Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1997, 7:20 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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
Apr 21, 1997, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 21, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 1997-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 1997-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHSV 220019 RRA
SVRHSV
ALC071-083-220115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
720 PM CDT MON APR 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY...LIMESTONE COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRECHING FROM EAST OF RED BAY IN FRANKLIN INTO
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE THEN NORTHEASTWARD THRU NORTHERN MORGAN...SOUTHERN
LIMESTONE...CENTRAL MADISON...AND INTO WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM DHAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston56 min
Apr 21, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone55 min
Apr 21, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison43 min
Apr 21, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun67 min
Apr 21, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne43 min
Apr 22, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby57 min
Apr 22, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega48 min
Apr 22, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay57 min
Apr 22, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin66 min
Apr 22, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter48 min
Apr 22, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert62 min
Apr 22, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson, Walker50 min
Apr 22, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa50 min
Apr 22, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby48 min
Apr 22, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb35 min
Apr 22, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas, Lowndes49 min
Apr 22, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXShelby35 min
Apr 22, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton47 min
Apr 22, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas46 min
Apr 22, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa, Talladega47 min
Apr 22, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery45 min
Apr 22, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa49 min
Apr 22, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes50 min
Apr 22, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay46 min
Apr 22, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLowndes48 min
Apr 22, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb30 min
Apr 22, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery48 min
Apr 22, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Randolph50 min
Apr 22, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa50 min
Apr 22, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon48 min
Apr 22, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee49 min
Apr 22, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers48 min
Apr 22, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo49 min
Apr 22, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter48 min
Apr 22, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell46 min
Apr 22, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas49 min
Apr 22, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas43 min
Apr 22, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLowndes49 min
Apr 22, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore, Montgomery52 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.