Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 3:45 PM CST for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBHM 072145 RRA SVRBHM ALC125-072200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 345 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AT 342 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN PART OF TUSCALOOSA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED PENNY SIZED HAIL IN THE DUNCANVILLE AREA. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. 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. 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 POSSIBLE 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, Mar 7, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
ALZALL-072030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
135 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
... TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 5 PM ...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRETCHING ALONG ALABAMA'S WESTERN BORDER FROM JUST
WEST OF HAMILTON IN MARION COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO NEAR VERNON IN LAMAR TO
NEAR CARROLLTON IN PICKENS COUNTY TO NEAR LIVINGSTON IN SUMTER COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SUMTER COUNTY AND COULD
AFFECT GREENE COUNTY IN AN HOUR OR SO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING THROUGH CHOCTAW COUNTY AND SHOULD AFFECT MARENGO COUNTY IN AN
HOUR OR SO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO PICKENS COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTION.
THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUED TO BE QUITE UNSTABLE WHICH MEANS THAT
RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE. THIS SITUATION IS
QUITE DANGEROUS SO PEOPLE ARE URGED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:47 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
ALC041-047-054-072145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 147 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 5 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST ALABAMA AT 140 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH WEST DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MILES PER HOUR AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:56 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
ALC041-047-054-072145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 147 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 5 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST ALABAMA AT 140 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH WEST DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MILES PER HOUR AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 2:04 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
ALZ011>035-039-051-072105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 204 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 5 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 200 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN ALABAMA. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM THE CARROLLTON AREA OF PICKENS COUNTY...TO BOLIGEE IN GREENE COUNTY...DOWN TO NEAR SWEET WATER IN MARENGO COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. IT WILL MOVE INTO FAYETTE AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES BEFORE 230 PM. IN ADDITION...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE LINE IN HALE COUNTY...WHICH WILL ALSO MOVE INTO TUSCALOOSA COUNTY BEFORE 230 PM. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION BROADCASTS.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 3:30 PM CST, 15 minutes before
ALC001-013-047-085-131-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 330 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 5 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES AT 3320 PM. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO AUTAUGA...LOWNDES AND BUTLER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND WINDS 40 TO 45 MPH AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 3:32 PM CST, 13 minutes before
ALC001-013-047-085-131-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 330 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 5 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES AT 3320 PM. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO AUTAUGA...LOWNDES AND BUTLER COXUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND WINDS 40 TO 45 MPH AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 68 min |
| Mar 6, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 39 min |
| Mar 7, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 10 min |
| Mar 7, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 68 min |
| Mar 7, 3:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| Mar 7, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 66 min |
| Mar 7, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 59 min |
| Mar 7, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 4:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 66 min |
| Mar 7, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 5:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 63 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.