Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 6:07 AM CST for Jackson County, Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 6:07 AM CST (12:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, AL, Marshall County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 161208 RRA SVRHSV ALC071-095-161300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL ISSUED BY BIRMINGHAM AL 607 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...JACKSON COUNTY...MARSHALL COUNTY AT 606 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN THE GRANT AREA AND OVER WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE GARTH AND WOODVILLE AREAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL EFFECT SKYLINE... LARKSVILLE AND COMMUNITIES ALONG GUNTERSVILLE LAKE IN NORTH MARSHALL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 16, 1:30 AM CST, 4 hours 37 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, 3 hours 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.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 5:00 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
ALZ001>069-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 500 AM CST FRI FEB 16 1995 ...COLD TEMPERATURES RETURN TO ALABAMA... AN ARCTIC AIRMASS MOVED INTO NORTH ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL REACH COASTAL ALABAMA BY MID-MORNING. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL ONLY RISE INTO THE MIDDLE 30S OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND INTO THE UPPER 40S OVER SOUTH ALABAMA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM NEAR 10 DEGREES OVER THE NORTH TO THE 20S OVER THE SOUTH. SNOW FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER NORTH ALABAMA TODAY...AND OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TEENS OVER NORTH ALABAMA. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 20S OVER THE SOUTH PART OF THE STATE. THE COLD SNAP WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY. . YOU SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE COLD WEATHER TONIGHT SUCH AS PROTECTING EXPOSED PIPES.
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, 3:27 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, 6:21 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.