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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 10, 1995Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 1995, 6:02 PM CST for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 1995, 6:02 PM CST (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 1995, 6:30 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 14 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 293 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 110003
TORBHM
ALC117-110030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
602 PM CST FRI FEB 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF A POSSIBLE
TORNADO IN SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY JUST EAST OF MONTEVALLO. THE STORM
PRODUCING THE POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega32 min
Feb 10, 7:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene42 min
Feb 10, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay36 min
Feb 10, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb40 min
Feb 10, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton48 min
Feb 10, 10:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXRandolph2 hr
Feb 10, 10:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningBMXClay2 hr

Nearby

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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.