Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1995, 8:20 PM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 1995, 8:20 PM CST (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1995, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHSV 210221 RRA SVRHSV ALC089-210315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 820 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CST ... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...MADISON COUNTY AT 817 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ATH HUNTSVILLE SHOWED A POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO MADISON COUNTY WEST OF MADISON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR LIMESTONE TIL 845 AND FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 830. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 20, 7:18 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-210220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 718 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.. AT 718 PM SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM NEAR MUSCLE SHOALS SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF TUPELO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 7:18 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-210220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 718 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.. AT 718 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM NEAR MUSCLE SHOALS SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF TUPELO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 7:19 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-210220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 718 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.. AT 718 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM NEAR MUSCLE SHOALS SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF TUPELO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BREIF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 7:55 PM CST, 25 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-210255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 755 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 755 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHWESTERN WINSTON COUNTIES BETWEEN 815 AND 830 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL OVER NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. IF THIS STORM MAINTAINS ITS CURRENT INTENSITY A WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 8:20 PM CST, 0 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-210325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 820 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 820 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY THAT HAS PRODUCED PEA SIZED HAIL NEAR RUSSELVILLE. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING TO JUST NORTH OF HALEYVILLE BY 830 PM. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER ITAWAMBA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NEAR FULTON WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN MARION COUNTY BY 830 PM ALSO. PRESENTLY THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM APPEARS TO BE IN WESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 60 min |
| Mar 20, 7:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 55 min |
| Mar 20, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 41 min |
| Mar 20, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 55 min |
| Mar 20, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 57 min |
| Mar 20, 9:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 47 min |
| Mar 20, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker | 69 min |
| Mar 20, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 60 min |
| Mar 20, 9:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 54 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.