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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 11:38 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 2789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.3
- Supercell composite
- 19.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 270439 TORBHM ALC019-270515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1138 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...CHEROKEE COUNTY AT 1135 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN EASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS WESTERN CHEROKEE AND TOWARDvS CENTRE. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 26, 9:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 11:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 67 min |
| Jun 27, 12:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.