Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 341, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marengo County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 2032 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 130013 RRA SVRBHM ALC091-130045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 712 PM CDT WED JUL 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...MARENGO COUNTY AT 712 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST MARENGO COUNTY...JUST NORTHEAST OF NANAFALIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING NANAFALIA BY 730 PM. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST MARENGO COUNTY... NEAR DAYTON...AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LINDEN BY 735 PM. BOTH STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WIND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND 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 APPLIA(NCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 12, 1:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
ALZ058-121925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 124 PM CDT WED JUL 12 1995 AT 120 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SEVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY NEAR HIGHLAND HOME. THIS THUDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH WEST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL BE EFFECTING THE GREENVILLE AREA WITHING THE NEXT 30 TO 35 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. STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
ALZ042-044-058-068-122030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 232 PM CDT WED JUL 12 1995 AT 220 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY... WEST OF PLEASANT HILL IN WESTERN LOWNDES COUNTY...SOUTHCENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF LUVERNE...AND WEST OF SAMSON IN WESTERN GENEVA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. HIGH WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN... AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF OUTSIDE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING MOVE INTO A STRONG BUILDING AND DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS ARE PAST.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
ALZ042-057-060-122125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 322 PM CDT WED JUL 12 1995 AT 315 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY NEAR BRAGGS...IN BUTLER COUNTY NEAR GEORGIANA...AND IN COVINGTON COUNTY NEAR RED OAK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 37 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.