Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1995, 9:25 PM CST for Walker County, Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1995, 9:25 PM CST (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1995, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 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 280326 RRA SVRBHM ALC127-133-280400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 925 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTH ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN WINSTON COUNTY AT 925 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF ELDRIDGE IN EXTREME NORTHWEST WALKER COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WINSTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES. 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, Jan 27, 8:08 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-280410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 808 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS EVENING... AT 805 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN MARION COUNTY...NEAR HAMILTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARION COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN MARION COUNTY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVSION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:47 PM CST, 38 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-280450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 847 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 3 AM... AT 845 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INTO LAMAR COUNTY. ONE VERY STRONG STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE STATE LINE INTO WESTERN LAMAR COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF SULLIGENT...WHILE ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF VERNON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING COMMUNITIES IN LAMAR COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...JUST WEST OF PICKENS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST PICKENS COUNTY WEST OF ALICEVILLE DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERICAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:48 PM CST, 37 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-280450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 847 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 3 AM... AT 845 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INTO LAMAR COUNTY. ONE VERY STRONG STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE STATE LINE INTO WESTERN LAMAR COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF SULLIGENT...WHILE ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF VERNON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING COMMUNITIES IN LAMAR COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...JUST WEST OF PICKENS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST PICKENS COUNTY WEST OF ALICEVILLE DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERICAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:03 PM CST, 22 minutes before
ALZ036-280505- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 903 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA INCLUDING COOSA COUNTY UNTIL 3 AM... AT 845 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING PICKENS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL REACH COOSA COUNTY IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:06 PM CST, 19 minutes before
ALZ036-280505- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 903 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA INCLUDING COOSA COUNTY UNTIL 3 AM... AT 845 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING PICKENS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL REACH COOSA COUNTY IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:08 PM CST, 17 minutes before
ALZ011>029-031>035-039-280410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 908 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS EVENING... AT 805 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN MARION COUNTY...NEAR HAMILTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARION COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN MARION COUNTY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVSION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 59 min |
| Jan 27, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 60 min |
| Jan 28, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 69 min |
| Jan 28, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison | 62 min |
| Jan 28, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 24 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.