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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 27, 1994Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 1994, 6:04 PM CST for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 1994, 6:04 PM CST (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 1994, 6:45 PM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lamar County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1994-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 313 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1994-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 280006
TORBHM
ALC075-280045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
604 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 602 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A TORNADO OVER
NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF LAMAR
COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 MINUTES.
 
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF FERNBANK...VERNON...AND POSSIBLY
SULLIGENT.
 
 
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 COV@ER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens54 min
Nov 27, 7:13 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXFayette47 min
Nov 27, 7:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Lauderdale61 min
Nov 27, 8:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar43 min
Nov 27, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion51 min
Nov 27, 9:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone50 min
Nov 27, 9:44 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWinston31 min
Nov 27, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Marion, Walker56 min
Nov 27, 10:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens63 min
Nov 27, 10:16 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan44 min
Nov 27, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman63 min
Nov 27, 10:41 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker, Winston34 min
Nov 27, 10:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison57 min
Nov 27, 10:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone12 min
Nov 27, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa61 min
Nov 27, 11:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson53 min
Nov 28, 12:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Tuscaloosa50 min
Nov 28, 12:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson40 min
Nov 28, 12:59 AM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarengo31 min
Nov 28, 1:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby51 min
Nov 28, 1:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry51 min
Nov 28, 1:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton44 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.