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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 1994, 12:59 AM CST for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 1994, 12:59 AM CST (06:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 1994, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marengo County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 280659 TORBHM ALC091-280730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1259 AM CST MON NOV 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...MARENGO COUNTY AT 1255 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARENGO COUNTY. A TORNADO WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHERN MARENGO COUNTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF DIXONS MILL. THESE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 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 vNO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, 8:34 PM CST, 4 hours 25 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 10:29 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
ALZ040-054-280630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1029 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 5:00 AM MONDAY MORNING... AT 10:25 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE STATE WAS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF ALABAMA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED THROUGH BIRMINGHAM...AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA AND INTO MISSISSIPPI WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING BEHIND THIS LEADING EDGE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING SEVERE WEATHER...WITH HIGH WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES EITHER HAVING BEEN SPOTTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIALLY SEVERE CONDITIONS WHICH EXIST...AND NEED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 10:33 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
ALZ040-054-280630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1029 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 5:00 AM MONDAY MORNING... AT 10:25 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE STATE WAS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF ALABAMA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED THROUGH BIRMINGHAM...AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA AND INTO MISSISSIPPI WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING BEHIND THIS LEADING EDGE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING SEVERE WEATHER...WITH HIGH WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES EITHER HAVING BEEN SPOTTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIALLY SEVERE CONDITIONS WHICH EXIST...AND NEED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA.
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 12:39 AM CST, 20 minutes before
ALZ040-054-280840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1239 AM CST MON NOV 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 5:00 AM MONDAY MORNING... AT 12:30 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ALABAMA SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND INTO SOUTHEST MISSISSIPPI. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE IMBEDDED IN THIS LINE...THE STRONGEST OF WHICH WERE LOCATED IN CHOCTAW COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES EAST OF THE ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE AND IN EXTREME EASTERN SUMTER COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES WEST OF DEMOPOLIS. THIS LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO WATCH AREA MUST BE AWARE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAVE BEEN SEVERE AND THAT POTENTIALLY SEVERE CONDITIONS REMAIN AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MEANWHILE...PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 12:42 AM CST, 17 minutes before
ALZ040-054-280840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1239 AM CST MON NOV 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 5:00 AM MONDAY MORNING... AT 12:30 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ALABAMA SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND INTO SOUTHEST MISSISSIPPI. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE IMBEDDED IN THIS LINE...THE STRONGEST OF WHICH WERE LOCATED IN CHOCTAW COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES EAST OF THE ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE AND IN EXTREME EASTERN SUMTER COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES WEST OF DEMOPOLIS. THIS LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO WATCH AREA MUST BE AWARE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAVE BEEN SEVERE AND THAT POTENTIALLY SEVERE CONDITIONS REMAIN AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MEANWHILE...PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55$ MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 12:51 AM CST, 8 minutes before
ALZ001>029-031>035-039-280755- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1251 AM CST MON NOV 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TIL 500 AM CST... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. IN NORTH ALABAMA... LIMESTONE...MADISON...LAWRENCE...MORGAN...MARION...WINSTON...AND CULLMAN COUTNIES. IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... LAMAR...FAYETTE AND PICKENS. IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... WALKER
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, 10:16 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, 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 |
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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.