Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 2:11 AM CST for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 2:11 AM CST (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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 160819 RRA SVRBHM ALC093-160900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 211 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...NORTHWEST MARION COUNTY AT 2:17 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MARION COUNTY NEAR BEXAR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AND HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST MARION COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THIS STORM PRODUCED HAIL IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NEAR TUPELO DURING THE PAST HOUR. 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 INTXO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 40 min |
| 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, 2:22 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
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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.