Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1995, 9:45 PM CST for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 1995, 9:45 PM CST (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1995, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 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 210344 RRA SVRBHM ALC019-210445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 945 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...CHEROKEE COUNTY AT 945 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAND ROCK. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE GAYLESVILLE-CENTRE AREAS BY 10 PM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERI6OR 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, 8:20 PM CST, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 1 hour 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, 46 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 9:35 PM CST, 10 minutes before
ALZ001>007-210415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 935 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 126. THESE COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH. LAUDERDALE..LIMESTONE..COLBERT..LAWRENCE..FRANKLIN..MORGAN.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 9:38 PM CST, 7 minutes before
ALZ001>007-210415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 935 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 126. THESE COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH. LAUDERDALE..LIMESTONE..COLBERT..LAWRENCE..FRANKLIN..MORGAN.
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, 9:03 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, 9:51 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.