Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak 3/27/1994 Sounding

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Figure 2b. Centreville, AL (CKL) sounding and hodograph at 1800 UTC on 27 March 1994.

Figure 2b. Centreville, AL (CKL) sounding and hodograph at 1800 UTC on 27 March 1994.

OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS 
for Centreville, AL March 27, 1994 at 1800 UTC 
 
CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL 
K-Index............  33		        B+............. 2665 J/Kg  
Precip Water.......  1.78 in.		B-.............    0 J/Kg 
Showalter Index.... -3		        Max UVV........   73 m/s 
LI................. -6		        Cap Strength...  0.0  C 
LPL..(PMAX)........115 ft/ 984 mb	Total Totals...   49 
 
Tropopause.........  45400 ft.	        Sweat Index....  423 
Equilibrium Level..  45000 ft.	        700-500mb LR...  6.1  C/km 
Max Parcel Level... -999 ft. 
Wet-Bulb Zero......  11600 ft.	        TEI( 988- 600). 28.0  C 
 
WIND / STORM TYPE 
Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 223/ 54 kts	        SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 510 (M/S)ï¿½ 
Storm Motion....... 253/ 41 kts	        Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 13 (10-3 S-1) 
					SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..  99  
BRN................   14 
BRN Shear..........  194 (M/S)ï¿½	        Energy/Helicity Index......  8.49