Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 9:25 AM CDT for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 1995, 9:25 AM CDT (14:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1995, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, AL
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1082 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 221426 SVRBHM ALC111-221515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 925 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...RANDOLPH COUNTY AT 923 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR NEWELL...HAWK...AND GRAHAM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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. &
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
Local storm report, Apr 22, 8:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
0812 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 AM SUMMITON AL TORNADO REPORTED BY EMA.
04/22/95 WALKER PEOPLE REPORTED TRAPPED IN
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.Local storm report, Apr 22, 8:43 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
0840 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0812 AM WARRIOR AL 3/4 INCH HAIL COVERING
04/22/95 JEFFERSON GROUND. REPORTED BY
CHANNEL 6 TV IN BIRMINGHAM.
0814 AM NORTHERN GARDENDALE AL TREES TWO FEET IN DIAMETER
04/22/95 JEFFERSON DOWN. REPORTED BY SKYWARN
HAMS.
0830 AM LOCUST FORK AL 0TREES DOWN. REPORT
04/22/95 BLOUNT FROM EMA.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 69 min |
| Apr 22, 7:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 7:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 8:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 8:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 9:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 9:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 15 min |
| Apr 22, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Cleburne | 19 min |
| Apr 22, 10:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.