Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 7:28 AM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 7:28 AM CDT (12:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
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, Apr 15, 5:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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ALZ011>029-031>035-039-151230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 705 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CULLMAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 705 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED STRONG THUNDER STORMS OVER CULLMAN...LAMARR...WALKER...BIBB...TUSCALOOSA...COOSA... PERRY...CHILTON...SHELBY...AND SOUTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTIES. SMALL HAIL HAS FALLEN FROM THE STORM OVER LAMAR COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF SULLIGENT. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MARION NEAR THE CITIES OF GUIN AND BRILLIANT. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECOMING MORE INTENSE OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL. REMAIN ALERT THIS MORNING AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER SHOULD APPROACH YOU OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL FOLLOW THROUGHOUT THE MORNING FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:13 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
ALZ036>038-151415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 712 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 700 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH COOSA...TALLAPOOSA...AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALL WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKFORD...DADEVILLE...AND CAMP HILL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND CAN CAUSE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS IN THESE AREAS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:22 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-151230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 721 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 AT 720 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO MARION COUNTY NEAR GUIN AND GU-WIN AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE BRILLIANT AREA AND INTO NORTHWEST WINSTON COUNTY NEAR HALEYVILLE DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL. IN ADDITION STRONG WIND ...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT INTENSE LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 69 min |
| Apr 15, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 16 min |
| Apr 15, 10:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Marshall | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 69 min |
| Apr 15, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 59 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.