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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 1994, 6:21 PM CST for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 1994, 6:21 PM CST (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 1994, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pickens County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 280022 TORBHM ALC107-280115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 621 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...PICKENS COUNTY AT 618 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL ENTER WESTERN PORTIONS OF PICKENS COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 MINUTES. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CARROLLTON AND GORDO. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
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, Nov 27, 2:18 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
ALZALL-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 218 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES STILL POSSIBLE FOR NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS OUTLOOKED A PORTION OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA FOR A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HIGH RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT PAYNE TO JUST SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM TO LIVINGSTON IN SUMTER COUNTY. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OR WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF ALABAMA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...AND STRETCHED FROM WESTERN ILLINOIS TO EASTERN TEXAS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUED TO TRANSPORT WARM UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. AS OF MID-AFTERNOON...THERE WERE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN ANY PART OF ALABAMA. HOWEVER...TORNADO WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT JUST TO ALABAMA'S WEST AND NORTHWEST. WEATHER RADARS SHOWED SEVERAL BANDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE... NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND EASTERN ARKANSAS...AND THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST TOWARD ALABAMA. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO OUR WEST WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON... SPREAD INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE THIS EVENING...AND THEN INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS EVENING OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. BUT BECAUSE THE AIR-MASS IS NOW VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS MOST OF ALABAMA... OTHER ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR NORTH ALABAMA... INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY FOR DAMAGING TORNADOES. EVERYONE ACROSS THE STATE SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL NEWS AND RADIO STATIONS...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 2:19 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
ALZALL-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 218 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES STILL POSSIBLE FOR NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS OUTLOOKED A PORTION OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA FOR A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HIGH RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT PAYNE TO JUST SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM TO LIVINGSTON IN SUMTER COUNTY. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OR WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF ALABAMA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...AND STRETCHED FROM WESTERN ILLINOIS TO EASTERN TEXAS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUED TO TRANSPORT WARM UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. AS OF MID-AFTERNOON...THERE WERE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN ANY PART OF ALABAMA. HOWEVER...TORNADO WATCHES WERE IN EFFECT JUST TO ALABAMA'S WEST AND NORTHWEST. WEATHER RADARS SHOWED SEVERAL BANDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE... NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND EASTERN ARKANSAS...AND THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST TOWARD ALABAMA. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO OUR WEST WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON... SPREAD INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE THIS EVENING...AND THEN INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS EVENING OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. BUT BECAUSE THE AIR-MASS IS NOW VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS MOST OF ALABAMA... OTHER ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR NORTH ALABAMA... INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY FOR DAMAGING TORNADOES. EVERYONE ACROSS THE STATE SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL NEWS AND RADIO STATIONS...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 4:45 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
ALZALL-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 450 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES STILL POSSIBLE FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS SPECIFIED PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA FOR A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HIGH RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT PAYNE TO JUST SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM...TO LIVINGSTON IN SUMTER COUNTY. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OR WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF ALABAMA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT... STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUED TO TRANSPORT WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THERE WERE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNING IN ALABAMA. HOWEVER...TORNADO WATCHES COVERED MUCH OF WESTERN TENNESSEE AND MOST OF MISSISSIPPI. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UNDER THOSE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SEVERAL BANDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE... AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE BANDS OF STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST TOWARD ALABAMA. THESE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS AS THE STORMS MOVE TOWARD ALABAMA AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL THEN SPREAD INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE BY 800 TO 900 PM. BECAUSE THE AIRMASS IS NOW VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE STATE...OTHER ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...VERY STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND LARGE DAMAGING TORNADOES AREA POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS. EVERYONE ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL NEWS AND RADIO STATIONS...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS THROUGHOUT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 4:50 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
ALZALL-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPOS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 450 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES STILL POSSIBLE FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS SPECIFIED PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA FOR A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HIGH RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT PAYNE TO JUST SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM...TO LIVINGSTON IN SUMTER COUNTY. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OR WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF ALABAMA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT... STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUED TO TRANSPORT WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THERE WERE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN ALABAMA. HOWEVER...TORNADO WATCHES COVERED MUCH OF WESTERN TENNESSEE AND MOST OF MISSISSIPPI. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UNDER THOSE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SEVERAL BANDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE...AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE BANDS OF STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST TOWARD ALABAMA. THESE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS AS THE STORMS MOVE TOWARD ALABAMA AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL THEN SPREAD INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE BY 800 TO 900 PM. BECAUSE THE AIRMASS IS NOW VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE STATE...OTHER ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...VERY STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND LARGE DAMAGING TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS. EVERYONE ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL NEWS AND RADIO STATIONS...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS THIS EVENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 4:54 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
ALZALL-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPOS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 450 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES STILL POSSIBLE FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS SPECIFIED PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA FOR A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HIGH RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT PAYNE TO JUST SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM...TO LIVINGSTON IN SUMTER COUNTY. THIS MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OR WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF ALABAMA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT... STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUED TO TRANSPORT WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THERE WERE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN ALABAMA. HOWEVER...TORNADO WATCHES COVERED MUCH OF WESTERN TENNESSEE AND MOST OF MISSISSIPPI. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UNDER THOSE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SEVERAL BANDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE...AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE BANDS OF STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST TOWARD ALABAMA. THESE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS AS THE STORMS MOVE TOWARD ALABAMA AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL THEN SPREAD INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE BY 800 TO 900 PM. BECAUSE THE AIRMASS IS NOW VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE STATE...OTHER ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...VERY STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND LARGE DAMAGING TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THES4E AREAS. EVERYONE ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL NEWS AND RADIO STATIONS...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS THIS EVENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 41 min |
| Nov 27, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 47 min |
| Nov 27, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 61 min |
| Nov 27, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 43 min |
| Nov 27, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 51 min |
| Nov 27, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 50 min |
| Nov 27, 9:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 31 min |
| Nov 27, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker | 56 min |
| Nov 27, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 63 min |
| Nov 27, 10:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 44 min |
| Nov 27, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 63 min |
| Nov 27, 10:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 34 min |
| Nov 27, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 57 min |
| Nov 27, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 12 min |
| Nov 27, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 61 min |
| Nov 27, 11:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 53 min |
| Nov 28, 12:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Tuscaloosa | 50 min |
| Nov 28, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Nov 28, 12:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 31 min |
| Nov 28, 1:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 51 min |
| Nov 28, 1:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 51 min |
| Nov 28, 1:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 44 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.