Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1995, 12:39 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 1995, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1995, 1:24 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 210539 SVRBHM ALC019-210645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1239 AM CDT FRI APR 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...CHEROKEE COUNTY AT 1239 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM EASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY NEAR GADSDEN SOUTHWEST INTO CALHOUN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY BY 1:00AM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 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, 2 hours 4 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 EMASpecial weather statement, Apr 20, 11:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
ALZ001>004-011>014-022-210500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1125 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING ALABAMA COUNbTIES...LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN... MARION...WINSTON...LAMAR...FAYETTE...AND PICKENS.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 11:41 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
ALZ040-041-210645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1140 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 ....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 2 AM CDT.... AT 1030 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF DEMOPOLIS...IN MORENGO COUNTY... TO GREENSBORO...IN HALE COUNTY...TO 15 MILES NORTH OF WEST BLOCTON...IN BIBB COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES PER HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO DALLAS COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR TO HOUR AND A HALF AND WILL MOVE INTO AUTAUGA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 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. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE HYDROPLANING.
The 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, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 56 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, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.