Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 11:19 PM CDT for Blount County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Blount County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1059 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 210419 SVRBHM ALC009-210515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1119 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...BLOUNT COUNTY AT 1118 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN BLOUNT COUNTY. THIS LINE WILL BE AFFECTING THE SLOAN...BLOUNT SPRINGS AREAS BY 1130 PM...AND THE BLOUTSVILLE AND ONEONTA AREAS BY 1145 PM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSBTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 20, 5:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>043-210100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 557 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 ....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 1100 CDT.... AT 545 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM EMBEDDED WITHIN A AREA OF RAINSHOWERS 25 MILES WEST OF MONTGOMERY MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 8:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
ALZALL-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 800 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA UNTIL 200 AM CDT. SINCE THIS WATCH REPLACED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 237...A TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CLEBURNE...CLAY...RANDOLPH...COOSA...TALLAPOOSA...CHAMBERS ...AUTAUGA...AND ELMORE.
Local storm report, Apr 20, 10:35 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1030 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
351 PM 3 W SULLIGENT AL QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
4/20/95 LAMAR
422 PM BETWEEN GUIN & WINFIELD AL FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED AT HWY
4/20/95 MARION 129 & 78 BETWEEN GUIN AND
WINFIELD. REPORTED BY
MARION CTY EMA.
432 PM GUIN AL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
4/20/95 MARION MARION CTY EMA.
432 PM NORTHERN MARION CTY AL UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
4/20/95 MARION REPORTED BY MARION CTY EMA.
715 PM BEAR CREEK AL POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
4/20/95 MARION BY HAMILTON STATE.
828 PM VERNON AL TRAILERS OVERTURNED AND
4/20/95 LAMAR A TREE REPORTED DOWNED ON
VEHICLES.
858 PM VERNON AL 4 INJURED PERSONS AND
4/20/95 LAMAR POWER OUTAGE REPORTED BY
RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE.
903 PM WHITEHOUSE AREA AL POWERLINES AND TREES
4/20/95 MARION DOWNED IN WHITEHOUSE AREA
ON HIGHWAY 129.
900 PM NEAR HALEYVILLE AL TORNADO SPOTTED
4/20/95 WINSTON/MARION NEAR HALEYVILLE
911 PM HALEYVILLE AL LARGE HAIL REPORTED. ALSO
4/20/95 WINSTON TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED.
903 PM WHITEHOUSE AREA AL TRAILER OVERTURNED WITH
4/20/95 MARION POSSIBLE INJURIES.
825 PM VERNON AL 7 INJURIES IN VERNON
4/20/95 LAMAR
900 PM WHITEHOUSE/HALEYVILLE AL 15 INJURIES NEAR WHITEHOUSE
4/20/95 MARION AND HALEYVILLE. REPORTED
BY MARION CTY EMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 16 min |
| Apr 20, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lawrence | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lawrence | 64 min |
| Apr 20, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 66 min |
| Apr 20, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 64 min |
| Apr 20, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 69 min |
| Apr 20, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 64 min |
| Apr 20, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 58 min |
| Apr 20, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 68 min |
| Apr 20, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman, Walker, Winston | 62 min |
| Apr 20, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 62 min |
| Apr 20, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa, Walker | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 63 min |
| Apr 20, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 17 min |
| Apr 20, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson | 63 min |
| Apr 20, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 58 min |
| Apr 20, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Perry | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 57 min |
| Apr 21, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson | 68 min |
| Apr 21, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 40 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.