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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 588, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 9, 1998Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1998, 3:49 PM CDT for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 9, 1998, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1998, 4:40 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 1998-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2394 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 1998-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
2394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 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.

368 
WUUS1 KBHM 092051 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC105-092140-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
349 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 440 PM CDT

* AT 348 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR
NEAR MARION AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECT MARION AND RADFORD THROUGH
430 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORM IN A
STRONG BUILDING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER.
DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR OTHER
ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. THESE ATTRACT LIGHTNING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker64 min
Jul 9, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson64 min
Jul 9, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby63 min
Jul 9, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa50 min
Jul 9, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa34 min
Jul 9, 2:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson2 hr
Jul 9, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega33 min
Jul 9, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery63 min
Jul 9, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour48 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.