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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 4, 1995Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 10:32 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 11:04 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2359 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHSV 050333
TORHSV
ALC079-050415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1032 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 1030 PM CDT RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
HUNTSVILLE INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION IN SOUTHEAST
LAWRENCE COUNTY...SOUTHWEST OF OAKVILLE.
 
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar52 min
Jul 4, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMarion44 min
Jul 4, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston42 min
Jul 4, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFranklin38 min
Jul 4, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLawrence65 min
Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston35 min
Jul 4, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone, Morgan57 min
Jul 5, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette28 min
Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette31 min
Jul 5, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker42 min
Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston33 min
Jul 5, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCullman49 min
Jul 5, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWalker25 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.