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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 13, 1999Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1999, 5:43 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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
May 13, 1999, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1999, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Barbour County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 6:15 PM CDTHail 0.75Baker Hill, ALDime size hail was reported in Bakerhill.

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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1999-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1999-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, May 13, 11:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1158 AM CDT THU MAY 13 1999

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

1130 AM                              AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          NEAR FORT PAYNE. REPORTED
                                          BY EMA

1135 AM                              AL   .88 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         NICKEL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          BETWEEN CROSSVILLE AND
                                          PHYFFE. REPORTED BY EMA

1147 AM    PRICEVILLE                AL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   MORGAN                         DIME SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR
                                          PRICEVILLE.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA
Local storm report, May 13, 11:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1158 AM CDT THU MAY 13 1999

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

1130 AM                              AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          NEAR FORT PAYNE. REPORTED
                                          BY EMA

1135 AM                              AL   .88 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         NICKEL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          BETWEEN CROSSVILLE AND
                                          PHYFFE. REPORTED BY EMA

1147 AM    PRICEVILLE                AL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   MORGAN                         DIME SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR
                                          PRICEVILLE.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA
Local storm report, May 13, 12:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1228 PM CDT THU MAY 13 1999

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

1145 AM    FISHER XRDS               AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          NEAR FISHER.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA

1211 PM    PRICEVILLE                AL   2.5 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   MORGAN                         2.5 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
                                          FELL NEAR PRICEVILLE.
                                          REPORTED BY HUNTSVILLE
                                          TELEVISION STATION

1219 PM    BALLPLAY                  AL   .88 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   ETOWAH                         NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL IN
                                          BALLPLAY.  REPORTED BY EMA

1219 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/99   MORGAN                         ONE LARGE TREE BLOWN OVER
                                          IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY
                                          NEAR MORGAN CITY. REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF

1222 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   ETOWAH                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL
                                          ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
                                          THE COUNTY.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA
Local storm report, May 13, 12:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1228 PM CDT THU MAY 13 1999

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

1145 AM    FISHER XRDS               AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   DEKALB                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          NEAR FISHER.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA

1211 PM    PRICEVILLE                AL   2.5 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   MORGAN                         2.5 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
                                          FELL NEAR PRICEVILLE.
                                          REPORTED BY HUNTSVILLE
                                          TELEVISION STATION

1219 PM    BALLPLAY                  AL   .88 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   ETOWAH                         NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL IN
                                          BALLPLAY.  REPORTED BY EMA

1219 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
05/13/99   MORGAN                         ONE LARGE TREE BLOWN OVER
                                          IN NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY
                                          NEAR MORGAN CITY. REPORTED
                                          BY SHERIFF

1222 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
05/13/99   ETOWAH                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL
                                          ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
                                          THE COUNTY.  REPORTED BY
                                          EMA
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Madison46 min
May 13, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb35 min
May 13, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee35 min
May 13, 11:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson51 min
May 13, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan49 min
May 13, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison, Marshall62 min
May 13, 11:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone34 min
May 13, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb66 min
May 13, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee63 min
May 13, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah36 min
May 13, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa48 min
May 13, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga50 min
May 13, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa40 min
May 13, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa64 min
May 13, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee32 min
May 13, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa35 min
May 13, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay48 min
May 13, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXElmore, Tallapoosa32 min
May 13, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison35 min
May 13, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson47 min
May 13, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga33 min
May 13, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore35 min
May 13, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb34 min
May 13, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph32 min
May 13, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson35 min
May 13, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery49 min
May 13, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa34 min
May 13, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton21 min
May 13, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore32 min
May 13, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa48 min
May 13, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon46 min
May 13, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee46 min
May 13, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa36 min
May 13, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery35 min
May 13, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock64 min
May 13, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph50 min
May 13, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga36 min
May 13, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee48 min
May 13, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon32 min
May 13, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell33 min
May 13, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour47 min
May 13, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee47 min
May 13, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock51 min
May 13, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell51 min
May 13, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour51 min
May 13, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMuscogee62 min
May 13, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXQuitman49 min

Nearby

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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.