Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 111830 TORBHM ALC111-111900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...RANDOLPH COUNTY AT 129 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A POSSBILE TORNADO ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE WEDOWEE AREA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE OMAHA...WOODLAND...GRAHAM AND HAWK. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 2 hours 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 54 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 53 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, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 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, 59 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, 12:43 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, 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
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.