Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1994, 10:45 AM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 10:45 AM CST (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 271646 RRA SVRBHM ALC127-057-107-125-271745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1045 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...WALKER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...FAYETTE COUNTY...NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY ...NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AT 1047 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN PICKENS...FAYETTE...WALKER...NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35-40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 9:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 9:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 9:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman, Winston | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 10:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 10:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 10:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 10:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 10:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 10:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 10:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 10:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 11:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 11:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 11:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 11:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 11:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 11:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 11:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 11:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 11:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 12:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 12:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 12:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 12:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 12:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker, Winston | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 64 min |
| Mar 27, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 21 min |
| Mar 27, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 12:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 1:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman, Winston | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 2:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Marshall | 69 min |
| Mar 27, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 3:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 3:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 66 min |
| Mar 27, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 4:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 4:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 5:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.