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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 10, 1995Madison County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 3:25 PM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 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 KHSV 102025
TORHSV
ALC089-102130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
325 PM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 323 RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO AND A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS
REPORTED MOVING TOWARDS THE CITY OF MADISON.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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 INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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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, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar40 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.