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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 27, 1994Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 10:47 AM CST for Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 10:47 AM CST (16:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 11:30 AM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Marshall County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 KHSV 271648
TORHSV
ALC095-271730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1047 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CST
...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY
 
AT 1046 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A TORMADO NEAR HULACO IN MORGAN COUNTY
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL MOVE INTO
WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. A WARNING MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR SOUTH MADISON COUNTY.
 
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

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, 10:33 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXCullman42 min
Mar 27, 10:37 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan53 min
Mar 27, 10:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker60 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.