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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 4, 1995Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 4:58 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1785 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 042200
TORBHM
ALC125-042245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
458 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
 
AT 456 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE WESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
NEAR THE ELROD AND ECHOLA AREAS. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH TOWARD LAKE TUSCALOOSA AND SAMANTHA AREAS.
 
 
 
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...rSEEK 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
Jul 4, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby51 min
Jul 4, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson43 min
Jul 4, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall60 min
Jul 4, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens28 min
Jul 4, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa53 min
Jul 4, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah34 min
Jul 4, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee28 min
Jul 4, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson48 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.