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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 7, 1995Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 4:08 PM CST for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 1995, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 1995, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Cullman County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 7, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado F0	Enon, AL	A small tornado damaged several houses along with downing trees and power lines. A barn and a chicken house were also destroyed.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 072207
TORBHM
ALC043-072315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
408 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CULLMAN COUNTY
 
AT 404 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED CIRCULATION
ASSOCIATED WITH A TORNADO IN THE SIPSEY AREA OF WALKER COUNTY MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD CULLMAN COUNTY. THE COMMUNITIES OF
WILBURN...ARKADELPHIA...BREMEN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER 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.

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, 3:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	51 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, 4:12 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

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.