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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 9:55 PM CDT for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winston County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 2359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 050257 TORBHM ALC133-050330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 955 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...WINSTON COUNTY AT 955 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN WINSTON COUNTY...NEAR ASHRIDGE. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A PROBABLE TORNADO WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE ASHRIDGE...GRAYSON..AND FORKVILLE AREAS DURING THE NEXT 10 TO 20 MINUTES. THIS WARNING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO WARNING WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR WINSTON COUNTY. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
820 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
435 PM GADSDEN AL GADSDEN/ETOWAH EMA
7/4/95 ETOWAH REPORTED A WIND GUST TO
75 MPH.
430 PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL TREES/POWER LINES BLOWN
7/4/95 DOWN HWY 132 BETWEEN ONEONTA
AND ALTOONA.
415-435PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL BOATHOUSE COLLAPSED ON A
7/4/95 HOUSEBOAT. SAINT CLAIR EMA
REPORTED 3 FATALITIES AND
2 CRITICAL INJURIES.
.
455 PM TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AL TORNADO REPORTED NEAR THE
7/4/95 ELROD/ECHOLA AREAS.
REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT TO
TUSCALOOSA EMA. ONE TREE
REPORTED BLOWN DOWN.
520 PM TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AL FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED BY
7/4/95 SHERIFF DEPUTY ON AL HWY
65 IN BROWNSVILLE AREA.
435 PM ETOWAH COUNTY AL ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING
7/4/95 IN GADSDEN. NUMEROUS TREES
BLOWN DOWN ON COUNTY.Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:14 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
915 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
410 PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL LIGHTNING STRUCK AN ABOVE
GROUND ETHANOL TANK SETTING
ON FIRE.
505 PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL TREE BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE IN
SUMMIT AREA OF NORTH BLOUNT
COUNTY. MOBILE HOME IN SAME
AREA DAMAGED.
835 PM ELMORE COUNTY AL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN TALLASSEE
AREA.
910 PM MARION COUNTY AL DIME SIZE HAIL IN HAMILTON.Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
915 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
410 PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL LIGHTNING STRUCK AN ABOVE
GROUND ETHANOL TANK SETTING
ON FIRE.
505 PM BLOUNT COUNTY AL TREE BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE IN
SUMMIT AREA OF NORTH BLOUNT
COUNTY. MOBILE HOME IN SAME
AREA DAMAGED.
835 PM ELMORE COUNTY AL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN TALLASSEE
AREA.
910 PM MARION COUNTY AL DIME SIZE HAIL IN HAMILTON.Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:45 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
945 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
912 PM LAMAR COUNTY AL TORNADO SEEN AT HENSON
SPRINGS AREA OF NORTH LAMAR
COUNTY.
930 PM MARION COUNTY AL FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN NEAR
WHITEHOUSE.
945 PM WINSTON COUNTY AL DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
HALEYVILLE.Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:49 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
945 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
912 PM LAMAR COUNTY AL TORNADO SEEN AT HENSON
SPRINGS AREA OF NORTH LAMAR
COUNTY.
930 PM MARION COUNTY AL FUNNEL CLOUD SEEN NEAR
WHITEHOUSE.
945 PM WINSTON COUNTY AL DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
HALEYVILLE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 25 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.