Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 1994, 11:52 PM CST for Blount County, Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 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
- Nov 27, 1994, 11:52 PM CST (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 1994, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blount County, AL, Jefferson County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 12:30 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Cleveland, AL | A tornado produced a damage path 1.6 miles in length and about 100 yards wide on a northeasterly track. The first damage occurred about 1 miles east of Cleveland in central Blount County. After damaging or destroying several mobile homes and a couple of perm |
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 severe thunderstorm 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, Nov 27, 8:34 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-280335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 834 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 1 AM. AT 830 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARDS MARION COUNTY AND OTHER PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SHOTTSVILLE...HACKLEBURG...AND HAMILTON BY 900 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HOLD TOGETHER...A WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 10:29 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
ALZ040-054-280630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1029 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 5:00 AM MONDAY MORNING... AT 10:25 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE STATE WAS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF ALABAMA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED THROUGH BIRMINGHAM...AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA AND INTO MISSISSIPPI WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING BEHIND THIS LEADING EDGE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING SEVERE WEATHER...WITH HIGH WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES EITHER HAVING BEEN SPOTTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIALLY SEVERE CONDITIONS WHICH EXIST...AND NEED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 10:33 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
ALZ040-054-280630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1029 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 5:00 AM MONDAY MORNING... AT 10:25 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE STATE WAS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF ALABAMA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED THROUGH BIRMINGHAM...AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA AND INTO MISSISSIPPI WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING BEHIND THIS LEADING EDGE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING SEVERE WEATHER...WITH HIGH WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES EITHER HAVING BEEN SPOTTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIALLY SEVERE CONDITIONS WHICH EXIST...AND NEED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 41 min |
| Nov 27, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 54 min |
| Nov 27, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 47 min |
| Nov 27, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 61 min |
| Nov 27, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 43 min |
| Nov 27, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 51 min |
| Nov 27, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 50 min |
| Nov 27, 9:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 31 min |
| Nov 27, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker | 56 min |
| Nov 27, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 63 min |
| Nov 27, 10:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 44 min |
| Nov 27, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 63 min |
| Nov 27, 10:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 34 min |
| Nov 27, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 57 min |
| Nov 27, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 12 min |
| Nov 27, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 61 min |
| Nov 28, 12:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 50 min |
| Nov 28, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Nov 28, 12:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 31 min |
| Nov 28, 1:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 51 min |
| Nov 28, 1:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 51 min |
| Nov 28, 1:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.