Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 311, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 4:52 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, AL, Shelby County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 3, 2:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-032005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 204 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995 AT 2 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN SELMA AND TUSKEGEE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR MONTGOMERY AND TUSKEGEE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND EUFAULA ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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, Jul 3, 2:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-032005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 204 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995 AT 2 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN SELMA AND TUSKEGEE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR MONTGOMERY AND TUSKEGEE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND EUFAULA ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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, Jul 3, 3:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-032135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 331 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...AT 330 PM CDT THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MACON AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES EXPIRED. AT 330 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA BETWEEN ALABASTER AND EUFAULA AND A FEW MILES EAST OF TROY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER COOSA COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS ALEX CITY...BETWEEN LAKE MARTIN AND AUBURN AND JUST NORTHWEST OF EUFAULA ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 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.
Local storm report, Jul 3, 4:36 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
430 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
240 PM CDT NEAR TALLASSEE AL TREES DOWN
ELMORE POWER LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY TROOPERS
TSTM WARNING IN EFFECT
255 PM CDT CAMP HILL AREA AL TREES DOWN
TALLAPOOSA REPORTED BY TROOPERS
TSTM WARNING IN EFFECT
415 PM CDT TEXASVILLE AREA AL DIME AND LARGER HAIL
BARBOUR REPORTED BY EUFAULA POLICEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 68 min |
| Jul 3, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison | 69 min |
| Jul 3, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.