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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1989, 5:30 PM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1989, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1989, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 122232
TORBHM
ALC093-122245-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
530 PM CDT MON JUN 12 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH ALABAMA
...SOUTHERN MARION
AT 526 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CENTREVILLE INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN OF GUIN IN SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOS-ET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 12, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 413 PM CDT MON JUN 12 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROCHING WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 410 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES BY 5 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 16 min |
| Jun 12, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.