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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 369, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 16, 1997Lawrence County, Limestone County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 3:27 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 16, 1997, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1997, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1997-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 108 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 1997-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 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 162027 RRA
SVRHSV
ALC079-083-162130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
327 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY
 
AT 325 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE INDICATED POSSIBLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST LIMESTONE COUNTY NEAR MOORESVILLE
AND MOVING INTO WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY FROM MOUNT HOPE SOUTHWARD.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
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
Jun 16, 1:08 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXColbert67 min
Jun 16, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLawrence62 min
Jun 16, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLimestone55 min
Jun 16, 2:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFranklin58 min
Jun 16, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXColbert, Lawrence55 min
Jun 16, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMorgan57 min
Jun 16, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion62 min
Jun 16, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMadison62 min
Jun 16, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin56 min
Jun 16, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall69 min
Jun 16, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMorgan59 min
Jun 16, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarshall55 min
Jun 16, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne65 min
Jun 16, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman, Walker48 min
Jun 16, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTalladega47 min
Jun 16, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson64 min
Jun 16, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson50 min
Jun 16, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay49 min
Jun 16, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby64 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay33 min
Jun 16, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega51 min
Jun 16, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens64 min
Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa49 min
Jun 16, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay49 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.