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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 1994, 10:16 PM CST for Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 1994, 10:16 PM CST (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 1994, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 KHSV 280415 TORHSV ALC103-280500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1016 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST ... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...MORGAN COUNTY AT 1015 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HUNTSVILLE SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST MORGAN COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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, 4:45 PM CST, 5 hours 31 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, 5 hours 26 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, 5 hours 22 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 8:34 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-280335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 834 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 1 AM. AT 830 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARDS MARION COUNTY AND OTHER PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SHOTTSVILLE...HACKLEBURG...AND HAMILTON BY 900 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HOLD TOGETHER...A WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 54 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, 10:27 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.