Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 3:27 AM CST for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:32 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Hamilton, AL | A small tornado touched down about six miles east of Hamilton along U.S. Highway 278. The tornado travelled on a track just slightly north of east for about six miles running along and crossing U.S. Highway 278 twice. According to Emergency Management offici |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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 160928 RRA SVRBHM ALC093-161030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 327 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...MARION COUNTY AT 325 AM..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS WESTERN MARION COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE APPROACHING THE COMMUNITIES OF BEXAR...WESTON...AND HAMILTON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...ANrD DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 9:55 PM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
ALZALL-160430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 955 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:00 PM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
ALZALL-160430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 955 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:32 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-160535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1032 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 1025 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER EASTERN ALABAMA FROM NEAR SYLACAUGA IN SOUTHERN TALLGEGA COUNTY AND EXTENDING INTO CALHOUN..CLEBURNE..CLAY.. AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THE STONGEST STORMS WERE IN CLAY COUNTY NEAR ASHLAND. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA FROM NEAR HAMILTON IN MARION COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 11:58 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 1:30 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-160930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 AM FOR MUCH OF WEST AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 120 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH ALABAMA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SHELBY COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS TALLADEGA..CLAY..RANDOLPH AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER CLAY AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DETECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE PAST HOUR...BUT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 3:07 AM CST, 20 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-161010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 307 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWEST MARION COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM FOR MUCH OF WEST AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL NORTH ALABAMA... AT 300 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHWEST MARION COUNTY IS KNOW OUT OF THE COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS CONTINUED NORTHEAST...BUT SHOWERS AND A SECOND POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS FOLLOWING THAT STORM AND WILL MOVE OVER THE EXACT SAME LOCATIONS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME...BUT THIS SECOND STORM IS CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN FOR THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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, 2:11 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, 3:45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.