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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 22, 1995Blount County, Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1995, 7:49 AM CDT for Blount County, Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Blount County, AL, Jefferson County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1475 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 221250
TORBHM
ALC073-009-221330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
749 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BLOUNT COUNTY
 
AT 748 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARDS THE SLOAN AREA OF BLOUNT COUNTY AND THE
SAYRE AREA OF NORTH JEFFERSON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO
MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF HAYDEN...WARRIOR...MORRIS...
PINSON...GARDENDALE...AND PALMERDALE.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN 6INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar34 min
Apr 22, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Marion49 min
Apr 22, 6:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMorgan44 min
Apr 22, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker52 min
Apr 22, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall69 min
Apr 22, 7:26 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar34 min
Apr 22, 7:37 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker53 min
Apr 22, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman45 min
Apr 22, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb58 min
Apr 22, 8:23 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair52 min
Apr 22, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa34 min
Apr 22, 8:30 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount30 min
Apr 22, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson56 min
Apr 22, 8:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah44 min
Apr 22, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Cleburne50 min
Apr 22, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun50 min
Apr 22, 9:01 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee44 min
Apr 22, 9:12 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun38 min
Apr 22, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph50 min
Apr 22, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCleburne15 min
Apr 22, 9:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton40 min
Apr 22, 9:56 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee, Cleburne19 min
Apr 22, 10:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay56 min
Apr 22, 10:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph48 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.