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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 467, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 13, 1998Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1998, 5:41 AM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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 13, 1998, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1998, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 6:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Fayette, ALTrees were down in Fayette, blocking roads.

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1998-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2639 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 1998-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
2639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
13.1

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The text

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

170 
WUUS1 KBHM 131042 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC057-131130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
541 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 539 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR
JUST ENTERING WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR ROUTE 18.

 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...THE CITY OF FAYETTE AROUND
6 AM.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING... PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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, 3:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
349 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

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

0320 AM    FLORENCE                  AL   50 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/98   LAUDERDALE                     WIND GUST OF 50 MILES AN
                                          HOUR ESTIMATED BY EMA
                                          OFFICIALS.

0330 AM    FLORENCE                  AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98   LAUDERDALE                     LARGE TREE FELL ONTO A
                                          HOUSE..NO INJURIES
                                          REPORTED.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
349 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

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

0320 AM    FLORENCE                  AL   50 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/98   LAUDERDALE                     WIND GUST OF 50 MILES AN
                                          HOUR ESTIMATED BY EMA
                                          OFFICIALS.

0330 AM    FLORENCE                  AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98   LAUDERDALE                     LARGE TREE FELL ONTO A
                                          HOUSE..NO INJURIES
                                          REPORTED.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:36 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
536 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

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

0400 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98   FRANKLIN                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE
                                          SPRUCE PINE AREA..REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF.

0500 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98   MARION                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN 5
                                          MILES SW OF
                                          HALEYVILLE...REPORTED BY
                  n                        STATE TROOPERS.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:36 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
536 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

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

0400 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98   FRANKLIN                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE
                                          SPRUCE PINE AREA..REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF.

0500 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98   MARION                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN 5
                                          MILES SW OF
                                          HALEYVILLE...REPORTED BY
                  n                        STATE TROOPERS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale62 min
Jun 13, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert65 min
Jun 13, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin66 min
Jun 13, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence62 min
Jun 13, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison46 min
Jun 13, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion65 min
Jun 13, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston66 min
Jun 13, 4:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar50 min
Jun 13, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker65 min
Jun 13, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson65 min
Jun 13, 6:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa62 min
Jun 13, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Shelby64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.