Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 1991, 8:41 PM CDT for Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 14, 1991, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1991, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walker County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Walker, 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 726 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDT, 3 hours before
ALZ004-006-008-142330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 540 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1991 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY CLOSE TO SULLIGENT. RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO MARION COUNTY AND WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY OF HAMILTON WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. RESIDENTS IN MARION COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. OTHER WEATHER RADARS SHOWED MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
ALZ004-006-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 615 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1991 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING. AT 615 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN LAMAR AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED A 50 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUST AS THIS LINE OF STORMS PASSED THROUGH COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNTIES OF VERNON...SULLIGENT AND HAMILTON WITHIN THE NEXT THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. RESIDENTS IN MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
ALZ004-006-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 645 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1991 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING. AT 645 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN LAMAR AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM HAMILTON IN MARION COUNTY SOUTH TO MILLPORT IN SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY. LAMAR SHERIFF COUNTY OFFICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNTIES OF BRILLANT...WINFIELD AND FAYETTE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS IN WINSTON...WALKER AND FAYETTE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHES YOU. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 8:20 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
ALZ004-006-008-150200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 815PM CDT SUN APR 14 1991 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING. AT 815 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF TOWNLEY... JASPER...CORDOVA AND PARRISH WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. RADAR INDICATED VERY STORNG GUSTY WINDS WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. AS THIS LINE PASSED THROUGH DETROIT IN LAMAR COUNTY SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS. RESIDENTS IN WINSTON...WALKER AND NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHES YOU. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND LISTEN FOR UPCOMING STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 64 min |
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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.