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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 10, 1995Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 3:05 PM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lamar County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 197 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 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 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
197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 102007
TORBHM
ALC075-102045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
305 PM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI BORDER WEST OF FRENBANK.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A TORNADO MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
AFFECT THE FRENBANK AND STAR AREAS DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELT`ER 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
May 10, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison59 min
May 10, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone41 min
May 10, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMadison65 min
May 10, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar44 min
May 10, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens21 min
May 10, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette53 min
May 10, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens32 min
May 10, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa41 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.