Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 323, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 10:18 PM CDT for Limestone County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Limestone County, AL, Morgan County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
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
Local storm report, Jul 4, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
820 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
435 PM GADSDEN AL GADSDEN/ETOWAH EMA
7/4/95 ETOWAH REPORTED A WIND GUST TO
75 MPH.
430 PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL TREES/POWER LINES BLOWN
7/4/95 DOWN HWY 132 BETWEEN ONEONTA
AND ALTOONA.
415-435PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL BOATHOUSE COLLAPSED ON A
7/4/95 HOUSEBOAT. SAINT CLAIR EMA
REPORTED 3 FATALITIES AND
2 CRITICAL INJURIES.
.
455 PM TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AL TORNADO REPORTED NEAR THE
7/4/95 ELROD/ECHOLA AREAS.
REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT TO
TUSCALOOSA EMA. ONE TREE
REPORTED BLOWN DOWN.
520 PM TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AL FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED BY
7/4/95 SHERIFF DEPUTY ON AL HWY
65 IN BROWNSVILLE AREA.
435 PM ETOWAH COUNTY AL ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING
7/4/95 IN GADSDEN. NUMEROUS TREES
BLOWN DOWN ON COUNTY.Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
915 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
410 PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL LIGHTNING STRUCK AN ABOVE
GROUND ETHANOL TANK SETTING
ON FIRE.
505 PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL TREE BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE IN
SUMMIT AREA OF NORTH BLOUNT
COUNTY. MOBILE HOME IN SAME
AREA DAMAGED.
835 PM ELMORE COUNTY AL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN TALLASSEE
AREA.
910 PM MARION COUNTY AL DIME SIZE HAIL IN HAMILTON.Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
915 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
410 PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL LIGHTNING STRUCK AN ABOVE
GROUND ETHANOL TANK SETTING
ON FIRE.
505 PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL TREE BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE IN
SUMMIT AREA OF NORTH BLOUNT
COUNTY. MOBILE HOME IN SAME
AREA DAMAGED.
835 PM ELMORE COUNTY AL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN TALLASSEE
AREA.
910 PM MARION COUNTY AL DIME SIZE HAIL IN HAMILTON.Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:45 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
945 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
912 PM LAMAR COUNTY AL TORNADO SEEN AT HENSON
SPRINGS AREA OF NORTH LAMAR
COUNTY.
930 PM MARION COUNTY AL FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN NEAR
WHITEHOUSE.
945 PM WINSTON COUNTY AL DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
HALEYVILLE.Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:49 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
945 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
912 PM LAMAR COUNTY AL TORNADO SEEN AT HENSON
SPRINGS AREA OF NORTH LAMAR
COUNTY.
930 PM MARION COUNTY AL FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN NEAR
WHITEHOUSE.
945 PM WINSTON COUNTY AL DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
HALEYVILLE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 25 min |
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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.