Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1995, 9:03 PM CST for Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 1995, 9:03 PM CST (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1995, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 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 KHSV 210302 RRA SVRHSV ALC071-095-210400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 903 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST S... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...JACKSON COUNTY...MARSHALL COUNTY AT 9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT HUNTSVILLE SHOWED POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTROMS ENTERING MASHALL COUNTY AND IN SOUTH JACKSON COUNTY ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MADISON COUNTY TIL 915 AND FOR MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 945PM CST. 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.
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, 7:19 PM CST, 1 hour 44 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, 7:55 PM CST, 1 hour 8 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, 43 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.
Local storm report, Mar 20, 8:44 PM CST, 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
845 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995
STORM REPORT FOR MONDAY MARCH 20 1995.
840 PM CST...DIME AND NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN THE COMMUNITY OF
PEBBLE IN WIVNSTON COUNTY...AT THE INTERSECTION
OF HWYS 195 AND 243. REPORTED BY COUNTY EMA.Local storm report, Mar 20, 8:45 PM CST, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
845 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995
STORM REPORT FOR MONDAY MARCH 20 1995.
840 PM CST...DIME AND NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN THE COMMUNITY OF
PEBBLE IN WINSTON COUNTY...AT THE INTERSECTION
OF HWYS 195 AND 243. REPORTED BY COUNTY EMA.Special weather statement, Mar 20, 8:59 PM CST, 4 minutes before
ALZ011>039-210400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 859 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 859 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH ALABAMA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CULLMAN...WALKER...FAYETTE...AND LAMAR COUNTIES BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. 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.
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, 8:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 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, 9:13 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.