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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 361, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 14, 1997Franklin County, Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1997, 12:55 AM CDT for Franklin County, Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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
Jun 14, 1997, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1997, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, AL, Lawrence County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 1:10 AM CDTHail 0.75Russellville, ALThree-quarter inch hail fell in Russellville.

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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1867 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
1867 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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.

485 
WUUS1 KHSV 140554 RRA
SVRHSV
ALC059-079-103-140700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1255 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY
 
AT 1252 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE
INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
NEAR RUSSELLVILLE AND IN LAWRENCE COUNTY NEAR CADDO.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE AND
DAMAGING HAIL.
 
 
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
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 10:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1002 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0902 PM    TALLADEGA                 AL   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97   TALLADEGA                      QUARTER TO BASEBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED
Local storm report, Jun 13, 10:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1002 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0902 PM *   TALLADEGA                 AL   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97   TALLADEGA                      QUARTER TO BASEBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega31 min
Jun 13, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun30 min
Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee33 min
Jun 13, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne36 min
Jun 13, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Franklin60 min
Jun 14, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale57 min
Jun 14, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan65 min
Jun 14, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette34 min
Jun 14, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Walker2 hr
Jun 14, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers31 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell30 min
Jun 14, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.