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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 24, 1997Randolph County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 1997, 8:41 AM CST for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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
Jan 24, 1997, 8:41 AM CST (14:41 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 1997, 9:30 AM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, AL

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1997-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1997-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 241441 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC111-241530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
841 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
AT 838 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN
PORTION OF RANDOLPH COUNTY...NEAR WADLEY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AROUND 45 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY
THROUGH 930 AM...INCLUDING THE ROANOKE AREA BETWEEN 900 AND
915 AM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 6:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas38 min
Jan 24, 6:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes53 min
Jan 24, 7:10 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga35 min
Jan 24, 7:24 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXElmore, Montgomery51 min
Jan 24, 7:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa47 min
Jan 24, 8:00 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa60 min
Jan 24, 8:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon58 min
Jan 24, 8:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery30 min
Jan 24, 8:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock57 min
Jan 24, 8:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike64 min
Jan 24, 8:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee61 min
Jan 24, 8:35 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXChambers55 min
Jan 24, 8:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon17 min
Jan 24, 9:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour59 min
Jan 24, 9:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell56 min
Jan 24, 1:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion51 min
Jan 24, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin59 min
Jan 24, 2:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston44 min
Jan 24, 2:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence64 min
Jan 24, 2:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston43 min
Jan 24, 2:42 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWinston33 min
Jan 24, 2:59 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCullman61 min
Jan 24, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa42 min
Jan 24, 3:27 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan63 min
Jan 24, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale60 min
Jan 24, 3:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone63 min
Jan 24, 3:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson58 min
Jan 24, 3:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion41 min
Jan 24, 3:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin66 min
Jan 24, 3:57 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBlount33 min
Jan 24, 4:03 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCullman12 min
Jan 24, 4:05 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall55 min
Jan 24, 4:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence61 min
Jan 24, 4:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston42 min
Jan 24, 4:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa52 min
Jan 24, 4:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion48 min
Jan 24, 4:31 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLawrence59 min
Jan 24, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Morgan67 min
Jan 24, 4:42 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson48 min
Jan 24, 4:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison, Marshall72 min
Jan 24, 4:54 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXShelby51 min
Jan 24, 5:04 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb, Marshall56 min
Jan 24, 5:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa49 min
Jan 24, 5:12 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMadison63 min
Jan 24, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair44 min
Jan 24, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJackson64 min
Jan 24, 5:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence62 min
Jan 24, 5:32 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan43 min
Jan 24, 5:34 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson41 min
Jan 24, 5:34 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan41 min
Jan 24, 5:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega38 min
Jan 24, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter32 min
Jan 24, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone60 min
Jan 24, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall60 min
Jan 24, 5:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar42 min
Jan 24, 5:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun53 min
Jan 24, 5:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.