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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 454, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 2, 1999Dallas County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1999, 6:02 PM CDT for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 2, 1999, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1999, 6:35 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Dallas County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 6:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Selma, ALOne tree was blown down and fell onto a house. This caused minor damage to the roof of the home. A service station and car wash also reported minor roof damage.

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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1999-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2407 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1999-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
2407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga35 min
Aug 2, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes34 min
Aug 2, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb33 min
Aug 2, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXStewart32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.