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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 11, 1995Randolph County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 12:50 PM CDT for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, AL

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-281 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 111751 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC111-111830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1250 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 EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY
 
AT 1250 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF WADLEY IN SOUTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTY. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT
THE ROANOKE...PITTMAN...OCRE...AND OMAHA AREAS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMfAGING 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.

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 20 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 14 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 13 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, 42 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, 20 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, 19 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega52 min
Apr 11, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair40 min
Apr 11, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay46 min
Apr 11, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison63 min
Apr 11, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah47 min
Apr 11, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall65 min
Apr 11, 1:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRandolph28 min
Apr 11, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRandolph30 min
Apr 11, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo, Sumter61 min
Apr 11, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa31 min
Apr 11, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson48 min
Apr 11, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson18 min
Apr 11, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair51 min
Apr 11, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.