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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 13, 2004Fayette County, Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2004, 2:08 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2004, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1501 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 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
1501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

742 
WUUS54 KBMX 131908
SVRBHM
ALC057-075-131945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
208 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MOUNT VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BELK...
FAYETTE AND MANSFIELD.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND WILL KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...AND
DAMAGE BUILDINGS AND HOMES. TAKE COVER NOW. FIND SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER...AVOID WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES.

CALL 1-800-856-0758 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3386 8802 3362 8813 3355 8782 3386 8770

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 11:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker34 min
Jun 13, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton36 min
Jun 13, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.