Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1995, 9:35 PM CST for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1995, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1995, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 160337 RRA SVRBHM ALC093-160415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 935 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...MARION COUNTY AT 934 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMMUNITIES OF BEXAR...SHOTTSVILLE... AND HAMILTON ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LtIGHTNING...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, Feb 15, 7:27 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-160225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR TO THIRD PARAGRAPH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 722 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF WEST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 715 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SHELBY...BIBB... PERRY...HALE...AND GREEN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE BIBB AND CHILTON COUNTY LINE JUST NORTH OF MAPLESVILLE. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:52 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>047-049-050-054-057-058-060-065>069-160355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 752 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN AFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 745 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS EXTENDING FROM DEMOPOLIS TO CENTERVILLE TO TALLADEGA ALABAMA. THE STONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 5 MILES WEST OF MAPLESVILLE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. ALSO INDICATED ON RADAR A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS EXTENDING FROM WEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO NEAR ANDALUSIA ALABAMA MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:54 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>047-049-050-054-057-058-060-065>069-160355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 752 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN AFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 745 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS EXTENDING FROM DEMOPOLIS TO CENTERVILLE TO TALLADEGA ALABAMA. THE STONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 5 MILES WEST OF MAPLESVILLE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. ALSO INDICATED ON RADAR A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS EXTENDING FROM WEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO NEAR ANDALUSIA ALABAMA MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:59 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 759 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF WEST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 755 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN CALHOUN...SHELBY...BIBB...CHILTON...AND PERRY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CHILTON COUNTY EAST OF UNION GROVE...AND OVER SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF ANNISTON NEAR BYNUM. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 8:48 PM CST, 47 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-160350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 848 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF WEST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 845 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUTED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SHELBY...TALLADEGA...CLAY... CALHOUN...AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY JUST NORTH OF WILSONVILLE...AND WESTERN TALLADEGA COUTNY NEAR CHILDERSBURG. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND FLOOD. FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES...LOW SPOTS...PARKING LOTS... UNDERPASSES AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 9:35 PM CST, 0 minutes before
ALZALL-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 935 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66: CHOCTAW...CLARKE...MONROE...WASHINGTON...CONECUH... ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...COFFEE...GENEVA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OTHER PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COUNTIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Madison, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 2:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Franklin | 68 min |
| Feb 16, 2:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 68 min |
| Feb 16, 2:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Feb 16, 2:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Feb 16, 3:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 3:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 60 min |
| Feb 16, 3:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 3:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 4:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 68 min |
| Feb 16, 4:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 5:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 5:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 5:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 5:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 5:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 6:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Marshall | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 6:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 6:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 7:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 35 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.