Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, AL, Shelby County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1496 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 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 142347 TORBHM ALC073-117-150030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 645 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY AT 645 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF BESSEMER AND NORTHWEST OF PELHAM MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 14, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
ALZ010-012-014-017-018-142245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 450 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 440 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CENTERVILLE TO THE SOUTH COAST OF ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DISSIPATING DURING THE LAST 20 MINUTES BUT WILL STILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A FEW OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER ARITON IN DALE COUNTY AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD IN COFFEE/PIKE COUNTY AND IN NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTHSOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO MARION COUNTY. THEY ARE NO LONGER A THREAT TO DALLAS COUNTY. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SNELL WWUS32KOKC ,
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
ALZ010-012-014-017-018-142245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 450 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 440 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CENTERVILLE TO THE SOUTH COAST OF ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DISSIPATING DURING THE LAST 20 MINUTES BUT WILL STILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A FEW OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER ARITON IN DALE COUNTY AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD IN COFFEE/PIKE COUNTY AND IN NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTHSOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO MARION COUNTY. THEY ARE NO LONGER A THREAT TO DALLAS COUNTY. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SNELL
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 512 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS ALABAMA... AT 509 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE MARION AND WINSTON COUNTY BORDER NEAR BRILLIANT AND NEAR CARBON HILL AND PARRISH IN WALKER COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEASTERN MARENGO COUNTY EAST OF DIXONS MILLS AND OVER SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY SOUTH OF MARION. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH RAINFALL RATE...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. ALSO...THEY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THUNDER STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 512 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS ALABAMA... AT 509 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE MARION AND WINSTON COUNTY BORDER NEAR BRILLIANT AND NEAR CARBON HILL AND PARRISH IN WALKER COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEASTERN MARENGO COUNTY EAST OF DIXONS MILLS AND OVER SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY SOUTH OF MARION. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH RAINFALL RATE...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. ALSO...THEY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THUNDER STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:11 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 611 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS ALABAMA... AT 609 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES AND CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY NEAR EUTAW. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER TUSCALOOSA...BIBB...HALE AND PERRY COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH RAINFALL RATE...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. ALSO...THEY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THUNDER STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:12 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
ALZ004>009-011-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 611 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993 ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS ALABAMA... AT 609 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES AND CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY NEAR EUTAW. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER TUSCALOOSA...BIBB...HALE AND PERRY COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HIGH RAINFALL RATE...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. ALSO...THEY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR LOCATION...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FORV FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THUNDER STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 43 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.