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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 407, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 4, 1998Bibb County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1998, 8:23 PM CDT for Bibb County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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 4, 1998, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1998, 9:10 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Bibb County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1476 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
1476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 050123 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC007-050210-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
823 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BIBB COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 910 PM CDT

* AT 822 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR
  ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF CENTREVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
ALZ001>010-014-016>018-020-042340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
608 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN ALABAMA

   ...LAUDERDALE... COLBERT... FRANKLIN... LAWRENCE... LIMESTONE
   ...MADISON... MORGAN... MARSHALL... JACKSON... DEKALB... WINSTON
   ...CULLMAN... BLOUNT... ETOWAH... CHEROKEE
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
ALZ001>010-014-016>018-020-042340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
608 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN ALABAMA

   ...LAUDERDALE... COLBERT... FRANKLIN... LAWRENCE... LIMESTONE
   ...MADISON... MORGAN... MARSHALL... JACKSON... DEKALB... WINSTON
   ...CULLMAN... BLOUNT... ETOWAH... CHEROKEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Shelby48 min
Jun 5, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale63 min
Jun 5, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion63 min
Jun 5, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar47 min
Jun 5, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence, Limestone63 min
Jun 5, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Walker, Winston61 min
Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison, Morgan48 min
Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman48 min
Jun 5, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa49 min
Jun 5, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson, Marshall45 min
Jun 5, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson45 min
Jun 5, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb48 min
Jun 5, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah48 min
Jun 5, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby46 min
Jun 5, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne34 min
Jun 5, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne, Talladega18 min
Jun 5, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Pickens, Sumter52 min
Jun 5, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Tuscaloosa61 min
Jun 5, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar50 min
Jun 5, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens46 min
Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb47 min
Jun 5, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette80 min
Jun 5, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa64 min
Jun 5, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker77 min
Jun 5, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby77 min
Jun 5, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Marengo62 min
Jun 5, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette50 min
Jun 5, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar34 min
Jun 5, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Sumter35 min
Jun 5, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson65 min
Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry66 min
Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Coosa96 min
Jun 5, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb46 min
Jun 5, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore66 min
Jun 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas51 min
Jun 5, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega80 min
Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa65 min
Jun 5, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair64 min
Jun 5, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay66 min
Jun 5, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery63 min
Jun 5, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon78 min
Jun 5, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Lee79 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock63 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike63 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee, Macon48 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell61 min
Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour64 min
Jun 5, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell47 min
Jun 5, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah35 min
Jun 5, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, DeKalb64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.