Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 11:38 AM CDT for Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Talladega County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 111639 RRA SVRBHM ALC121-111730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1138 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...TALLADEGA COUNTY AT 1138 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER TALLADEGA COUNTY IN THE CHILDERSBURG AND FAYETTEVILLE AREAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. 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, Apr 11, 8:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
ALZ040-042-054-060-111455- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 855 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL NOON CDT... AT 0840 CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONCENTRATED IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN WILCOX COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMDEN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR...AND WERE PART OF A MUCH LARGER SYSTEM WHICH WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN ALABAMA FROM MISSISSIPPI. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE HYDROPLANING.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 10:43 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
ALZ041>046-057-058-111745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1043 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL NOON CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4:00 PM CDT... AT 10:25 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY INDICATED A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONCENTRATED IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM AUTAUGA...THRU LOWNDES AND MONTGOMERY...INTO BUTLER AND CRENSHAW COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR...AND WERE PART OF A SQUALL LINE ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE SYSTEM WHICH WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN ALABAMA FROM MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:16 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
ALZ039>069-111800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1115 CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 188 FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA: MARENGO...DALLAS....WILCOX...CHOCTAW...CLARKE ...WASHINGTON...MONROE...CONECUH...ESCAMBIA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOWNDES...BUTLER...MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL NOON. IN ADDITION...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 189 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA UNTIL 4 PM CDT.
Local storm report, Apr 11, 11:30 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1130 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 AUTUAGA COUNTY AL...AT 1110 AM CDT NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN IN PRATTVILLE...ALSO TREES DOWN...GAS LINE BROKEN...SHED BLOWN AWAY... ALONG CTY HWY 57 TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY PRATTVILL 911. WILCOX COUNTY AL...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN CAMDEN AND MILLERS FERRY AROUND 930 AM CDT. SVR TSTM WARNING IN EFFECT. REPORTED BY EMA. LEE COUNTY AL...DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN OPELIKA. TIME 115 PM CST. REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN OPELIKA. SVR TSTM WARNING EFFECT.
Local storm report, Apr 11, 11:36 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1130 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 AUTUAGA COUNTY AL...AT 1110 AM CDT NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN IN PRATTVILLE...ALSO TREES DOWN...GAS LINE BROKEN...SHED BLOWN AWAY... ALONG CTY HWY 57 TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY PRATTVILL 911. WILCOX COUNTY AL...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN CAMDEN AND MILLERS FERRY AROUND 930 AM CDT. SVR TSTM WARNING IN EFFECT. REPORTED BY EMA. LEE COUNTY AL...DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN OPELIKA. TIME 115 PM CST. REPORT FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN OPELIKA. SVR TSTM WARNING EFFECT.
Local storm report, Apr 11, 11:37 AM CDT, 1 minute before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1130 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 AUTUAGA COUNTY AL...AT 1110 AM CDT NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN IN PRATTVILLE...ALSO TREES DOWN...GAS LINE BROKEN...SHED BLOWN AWAY... ALONG CTY HWY 57 TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY PRATTVILL 911. WILCOX COUNTY AL...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN CAMDEN AND MILLERS FERRY AROUND 930 AM CDT. SVR TSTM WARNING IN EFFECT. REPORTED BY EMA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 40 min |
| Apr 11, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 63 min |
| Apr 11, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 47 min |
| Apr 11, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 40 min |
| Apr 11, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 28 min |
| Apr 11, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Apr 11, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 40 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.