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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 27, 1994Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 10:33 AM CST for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 11:15 AM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Cullman County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1055 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 271634
TORBHM
ALC043-271715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1033 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CULLMAN COUNTY
 
AT 1035 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER
SMITH LAKE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 6:25 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall65 min
Mar 27, 9:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Pickens44 min
Mar 27, 9:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker44 min
Mar 27, 9:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman, Winston58 min
Mar 27, 10:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker67 min
Mar 27, 10:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan67 min
Mar 27, 10:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, St. Clair51 min
Mar 27, 10:37 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan53 min
Mar 27, 10:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker60 min
Mar 27, 10:47 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall43 min
Mar 27, 10:49 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah41 min
Mar 27, 10:53 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair52 min
Mar 27, 11:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount52 min
Mar 27, 11:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall48 min
Mar 27, 11:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman37 min
Mar 27, 11:27 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Etowah33 min
Mar 27, 11:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall57 min
Mar 27, 11:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson, Madison47 min
Mar 27, 11:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar65 min
Mar 27, 11:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker47 min
Mar 27, 11:43 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb, Jackson47 min
Mar 27, 11:56 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXBlount49 min
Mar 27, 12:25 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall37 min
Mar 27, 12:27 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXEtowah48 min
Mar 27, 12:30 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby45 min
Mar 27, 12:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Pickens51 min
Mar 27, 12:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Walker, Winston49 min
Mar 27, 12:41 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXDeKalb64 min
Mar 27, 12:41 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJackson21 min
Mar 27, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee45 min
Mar 27, 12:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman42 min
Mar 27, 1:10 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Etowah65 min
Mar 27, 1:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Walker51 min
Mar 27, 1:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXLauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan12 hr
Mar 27, 1:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXColbert, Franklin12 hr
Mar 27, 1:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall12 hr
Mar 27, 2:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman, Winston44 min
Mar 27, 2:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb, Marshall69 min
Mar 27, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens55 min
Mar 27, 3:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Tuscaloosa49 min
Mar 27, 3:36 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens39 min
Mar 27, 3:46 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker44 min
Mar 27, 3:52 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa38 min
Mar 27, 3:54 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson66 min
Mar 27, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount53 min
Mar 27, 4:33 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair57 min
Mar 27, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall38 min
Mar 27, 4:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Tuscaloosa51 min
Mar 27, 4:51 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBlount, Etowah54 min
Mar 27, 5:06 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun54 min
Mar 27, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby57 min
Mar 27, 5:18 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby57 min
Mar 27, 5:28 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCherokee47 min
Mar 27, 5:32 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBibb43 min
Mar 27, 5:35 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair55 min
Mar 27, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXChilton60 min
Mar 27, 5:54 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah51 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.