Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 12:43 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, AL, Etowah County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 111743 SVRBHM ALC055-111830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1243 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...ETOWAH COUNTY AT 1243 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE GALLANT AREA TO NEAR BYNUM IN CALHOUN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AREA ATTALLA...GADSDEN...JACKSONVILLE...AND ANNISTON. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INS.IDE 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.
1 follow-up statement
000 WUUS1 KBHM 111746 RRA SVRBHM ALC055-015-111830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED TO ADD CALHOUN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1243 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...ETOWAH AND CALHOUN COUNTY AT 1243 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE GALLANT AREA TO NEAR BYNUM IN CALHOUN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AREA ATTALLA...GADSDEN...JACKSONVILLE...AND ANNISTON. 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
Local storm report, Apr 11, 11:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 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, 1 hour 7 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 hour 6 minutes 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 12:08 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
ALZALL-111900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1205 CDT TUE APR 11 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 188 IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF ALABAMA HAS EXPIRED. NO WATCH OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOBILE...BALDWIN...LOWNDES OR BUTLER. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 189 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA UNTIL 4 PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 190 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND EAST ALABAMA UNTIL 6 PM CDT.
Local storm report, Apr 11, 12:30 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1230 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ELMORE COUNTY AL...AT 1130 AM CDT A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED NEAR HWY 14E IN ELMORE COUNTY APPROACHING WETUMPKA...POWER LINES DOWN. TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT. PUBLIC REPORT THRU PRATTVILLE 911. ALSO ONE REPORT OF ACTUAL TOUCHDOWN NEAR HWY 111 AND HWY 14 INTERSECTION.
Local storm report, Apr 11, 12:31 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1230 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ELMORE COUNTY AL...AT 1130 AM CDT A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED NEAR HWY 14E IN ELMORE COUNTY APPROACHING WETUMPKA...POWER LINES DOWN. TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT. PUBLIC REPORT THRU PRATTVILLE 911. ALSO ONE REPORT OF ACTUAL TOUCHDOWN NEAR HWY 111 AND HWY 14 INTERSECTION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 52 min |
| 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, 12:50 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.