Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 10:20 PM CDT for Jackson County, Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1995, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHSV 110320 SVRHSV ALC071-089-110415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1020 PM CDT WED MAY 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...JACKSON COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY AT 1017 PM CDT HUNTSVILLE RADAR SHOWED POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN MADISON AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAV$Y 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, May 10, 6:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
ALZ011>018-022>024-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 630 PM CDT WED MAY 10 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 345 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MARION...WINSTON... CULLMAN...LAMAR...FAYETTE...WALKER...AND PICKENS COUNTIES. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA...JEFFERSON... BLOUNT...AND ETOWAH COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
ALZ017-018-023-024-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 650 PM CDT WED MAY 10 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 345 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR TUSCALOOSA... JEFFERSON...BLOUNT... AND ETOWAH COUNTIES. THE ARE NO LONGER ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN ALABAMA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 48 min |
| May 10, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 54 min |
| May 10, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 31 min |
| May 10, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 69 min |
| May 10, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 66 min |
| May 11, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 40 min |
| May 11, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 51 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.