Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 370, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1995, 7:09 PM CDT for Jefferson County, St. Clair County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1995, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1995, 8:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, AL, St. Clair County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 21, 2:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-212135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 233 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995 AT 225 PM CDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWED A SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROCKFORD IN COOSA COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF MONTGOMERY TO MONROEVILLE IN MONROE COUNTY. ONE OF THESE THNDERSTORMS HAD A RAINFALL RATE OF 3 INCHES AN HOUR AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE SARDIS AND ORREVILLE AREAS OF DALLAS COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE MONTGOMERY AND PRATTVILLE AREAS AROUND 3 PM CDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AROUND ENTERPRISE AND DOTHAN. 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 21, 3:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-212130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 328 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995 AT 320 PM CDT WEATHER RADARS SHOWED A SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH ALABAMA FROM TROY TO NEAR OPP AND BREWTON. RADARS INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE AROUND MONTGOMERY AND MOVING INTO THE LAKE MARTIN AREA. MOVEMENT ON ALL THESE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEARLY 30 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 21, 4:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
ALZ047-050-212335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 435 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995 AT 1625CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RARAR AT MONTGOMERY ALABAMA INDICATED WIDE SPREAD LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS LEE COUNTY IN EASTCENTRAL ALABAMA. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER BARBOUR COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:09 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.