Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1990, 5:55 PM CDT for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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 22, 1990, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Perry, AL |
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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -118 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 222256 TORBHM ALC105-222330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 555 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH ALABAMA ...PERRY COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION IN PERRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 48 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.