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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 8, 1998Colbert County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 7:24 PM CDT for Colbert County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 8, 1998, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1998, 8:10 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Colbert County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 7:40 PM CDTHail 1.75Tuscumbia, ALGolf ball size hail was reported in Colbert Heights.

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 1998-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1032 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 1998-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
1032 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa49 min
Apr 8, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFranklin51 min
Apr 8, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar50 min
Apr 8, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Tallapoosa45 min
Apr 8, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarion47 min
Apr 8, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCullman35 min
Apr 8, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarshall47 min
Apr 8, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXColbert49 min
Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens48 min
Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston48 min
Apr 8, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers48 min
Apr 8, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount46 min
Apr 8, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson50 min
Apr 8, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLawrence49 min
Apr 8, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker63 min
Apr 8, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa64 min
Apr 8, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion66 min
Apr 8, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale51 min
Apr 8, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne50 min
Apr 8, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb63 min
Apr 8, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Randolph49 min
Apr 8, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah47 min
Apr 8, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone49 min
Apr 8, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan50 min
Apr 8, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson33 min
Apr 8, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison49 min
Apr 8, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee63 min
Apr 8, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair46 min
Apr 8, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXHale36 min
Apr 8, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah51 min
Apr 8, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa49 min
Apr 8, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBibb50 min
Apr 8, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson63 min
Apr 8, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence49 min
Apr 8, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan48 min
Apr 8, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Talladega65 min
Apr 8, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison50 min
Apr 8, 9:32 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXShelby48 min
Apr 8, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter47 min
Apr 8, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCleburne48 min
Apr 8, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson47 min
Apr 8, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee33 min
Apr 8, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa50 min
Apr 8, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega46 min
Apr 8, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale48 min
Apr 8, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson34 min
Apr 8, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega31 min
Apr 8, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb33 min
Apr 8, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Perry45 min
Apr 8, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson49 min
Apr 8, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay45 min
Apr 8, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby62 min
Apr 8, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne47 min
Apr 8, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Shelby48 min
Apr 8, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega50 min
Apr 8, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne33 min
Apr 9, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa48 min
Apr 9, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay50 min
Apr 9, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph, Tallapoosa45 min
Apr 9, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers48 min
Apr 9, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike34 min
Apr 9, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour49 min
Apr 9, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXStewart48 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.