Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1999, 2:26 PM CDT for Cullman County, Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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 4, 1999, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1999, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cullman County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:32 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Crane Hill, AL | Golfball size hail was reported near Cranehill southwest of Cullman. |
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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1792 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 041927 SVRBHM ALC043-133-042000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 226 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED...A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CULLMAN COUNTY...IN NORTHERN ALABAMA... EASTERN WINSTON COUNTY...IN NORTHERN ALABAMA... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT. * AT 224 PM CDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...OVER THE CULLMAN...AND BLOUNTY COUNTY BORDER...JUST EAST OF ARLEY. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE CRANE HILL...AND AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 222. 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 4, 8:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-0400400 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 850 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 1999 A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL FAVOR THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL BUT NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL PROBABLY WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. FOR 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.ACES.EDU/NWS/
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-0400400 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 850 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 1999 A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL FAVOR THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL BUT NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL PROBABLY WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. FOR 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.ACES.EDU/NWS/
Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:53 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
153 PM CDT FRI JUN 04 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0141 PM 0 CLEVELAND AL 1 INCH HAIL
06/04/99 BLOUNT REPORT FROM THE EMA.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 4:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon, Russell | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.