Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 479, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 15, 1998Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 6:59 PM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports 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 15, 1998, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 8:05 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Sumter County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Cuba, AL
Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDTHail 1Cuba, AL

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1691 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 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1691 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
8.6

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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
Jun 14, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar49 min
Jun 15, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar47 min
Jun 15, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson37 min
Jun 15, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale20 min
Jun 15, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb48 min
Jun 15, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter33 min
Jun 15, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene49 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.