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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 516, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 19, 1998Calhoun County, Cherokee County, Cleburne County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 10:01 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Cherokee County, Cleburne County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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 19, 1998, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1998, 10:35 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1794 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

332 
WUUS1 KBHM 191502 RRB
SVRBHM
ALC015-019-191535-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1001 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CHEROKEE COUNTY... IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1035 AM CDT

* AT 1001 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER
RADAR
LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE PIEDMONT AREA OF NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SPRING GARDEN AND ROCK RUN
OF SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND PIEDMONT IN NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
1 follow-up statement
333 
WUUS1 KBHM 191502 RRC
SVRBHM
ALC029-191535-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1001 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLEBURNE COUNTY... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1035 AM CDT

* AT 1001 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR
  JUST WEST OF BORDEN SPRINGS.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE BORDEN SPRINGS...GRANTLEY...
  OAK LEVEL...AND ROSEWOOD.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY 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 19, 9:37 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-200230-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
937 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTH ALABAMA THIS MORNING.  THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A
BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHED FROM THE MUSCLE SHOALS AREA...TO NEAR ROME
GEORGIA.  THIS SURFACE BOUNDARY WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.  IN ADDITION...AN UPPER LEVEL IMPLUSE WAS
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
MISSISSIPPI.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF
THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING.

THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE CENTRAL PARTS OF ALABAMA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG
THE BOUNDARY AS THE UPPER LEVEL IMPLUSE MOVES ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA
TODAY.

SO SOME THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTH CENTRAL AREAS THIS
MORNING...AND THEN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY. THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SEE PRODUCT BHMSPSMOB. FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... LOOK AT MIASPSTLH.  FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION
VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT
HTTP://WWW.ACESAG.AUBURN.EDU/DEPARTMENT/NWS/

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb32 min
Jun 19, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale35 min
Jun 19, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb34 min
Jun 19, 10:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence31 min
Jun 19, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert36 min
Jun 19, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman32 min
Jun 19, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount35 min
Jun 19, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall36 min
Jun 19, 11:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah, St. Clair44 min
Jun 19, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount31 min
Jun 19, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Tallapoosa31 min
Jun 19, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee31 min
Jun 19, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon32 min
Jun 19, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell31 min
Jun 19, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour49 min
Jun 19, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa28 min
Jun 19, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee35 min
Jun 19, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock35 min
Jun 19, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton33 min
Jun 19, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa32 min
Jun 19, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Tuscaloosa34 min
Jun 19, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby33 min
Jun 19, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Coosa30 min
Jun 19, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby48 min
Jun 19, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb32 min
Jun 19, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore32 min
Jun 19, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton36 min
Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton30 min
Jun 19, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMontgomery35 min
Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.