Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 405, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1995, 7:46 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1995, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 300046 RRA SVRBHM ALC073-300115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 746 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 745 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR GRAYSVILLE AND BROOKSIDE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL P"OSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 29, 5:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
ALZ050-066-067-069-300035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 531 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 1995 AT 525 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. THE AREA IS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
ALZ036-038-045>048-050-065>069-300025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 621 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 1995 AT 615 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM THE EAST ACROSS EASTCENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CHAMBERS COUNTY NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE AND FROM JUST WEST OF OUISVILLE IN BARBOUR COUNTY TO SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 50 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.