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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 3:24 PM CST for Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 3:24 PM CST (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walker County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 072123 TORBHM ALC127-072215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 324 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...WALKER COUNTY AT 318 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF WALKER COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 35 MPH...AND WILL MOVE NEAR THE OAKMAN...GOODSPRINGS...PARRISH... ELDRIDGE AND JASPER AREAS BEFORE 400 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BU&ILDING. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 68 min |
| Mar 6, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 39 min |
| Mar 7, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 10 min |
| Mar 7, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 68 min |
| Mar 7, 3:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| Mar 7, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 66 min |
| Mar 7, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 15 min |
| Mar 7, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 59 min |
| Mar 7, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 4:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 66 min |
| Mar 7, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 5:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 58 min |
| Mar 7, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 63 min |
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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.