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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1995, 5:51 PM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1995, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1995, 6:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 052252 TORBHM ALC057-052330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 551 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A TORNADO IS LIKELY WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE BERRY AREA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A$ TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
ALZ011>035-039-052100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
310 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995
... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE ...
... NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF ALABAMA ...
SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA CAN
BE FOUND IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOWCAST ISSUED BY THE
FORECAST OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. THIS PRODUCT IS IDENTIFIED AS
'BHMNOWBHM' AND IS USED TO IDENTIFY CHANGING WEATHER ON A COUNTY-
BY-COUNTY BASIS. THE NOWCAST INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR SYSTEMS INCLUDING A FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. THE INFORMATION IN NOWCASTS RESEMBLES THE INFORMATION
THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND
RADAR SUMMARIES. NOWCASTS ARE ISSUED NON-ROUTINELY AS THE
WEATHER CHANGES.
WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROGRAM THE BHMNOWBHM
PRODUCT INTO THEIR WEATHER WIRE DATABASE.Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
ALZ011>035-039-052100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
310 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995
... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE ...
... NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF ALABAMA ...
SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA CAN
BE FOUND IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOWCAST ISSUED BY THE
FORECAST OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. THIS PRODUCT IS IDENTIFIED AS
'BHMNOWBHM' AND IS USED TO IDENTIFY CHANGING WEATHER ON A COUNTY-
BY-COUNTY BASIS. THE NOWCAST INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR SYSTEMS INCLUDING A FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. THE INFORMATION IN NOWCASTS RESEMBLES THE INFORMATION
THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND
RADAR SUMMARIES. NOWCASTS ARE ISSUED NON-ROUTINELY AS THE
WEATHER CHANGES.
WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROGRAM THE BHMNOWBHM
PRODUCT INTO THEIR WEATHER WIRE DATABASE.Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
ALZ011>035-039-052230-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
432 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995
... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE ...
... NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF ALABAMA ...
SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA CAN
BE FOUND IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOWCAST ISSUED BY THE
FORECAST OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. THIS PRODUCT IS IDENTIFIED AS
'BHMNOWBHM' AND IS USED TO IDENTIFY CHANGING WEATHER ON A COUNTY-
BY-COUNTY BASIS. THE NOWCAST INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR SYSTEMS INCLUDING A FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. THE INFORMATION IN NOWCASTS RESEMBLES THE INFORMATION
THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND
RADAR SUMMARIES. NOWCASTS ARE ISSUED NON-ROUTINELY AS THE
WEATHER CHANGES.
WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROGRAM THE BHMNOWBHM
PRODUCT INTO THEIR WEATHER WIRE DATABASE.Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
ALZ011>035-039-052230-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
432 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995
... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE ...
... NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF ALABAMA ...
SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA CAN
BE FOUND IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOWCAST ISSUED BY THE
FORECAST OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. THIS PRODUCT IS IDENTIFIED AS
'BHMNOWBHM' AND IS USED TO IDENTIFY CHANGING WEATHER ON A COUNTY-
BY-COUNTY BASIS. THE NOWCAST INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR SYSTEMS INCLUDING A FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. THE INFORMATION IN NOWCASTS RESEMBLES THE INFORMATION
THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUD<ED IN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND
RADAR SUMMARIES. NOWCASTS ARE ISSUED NON-ROUTINELY AS THE
WEATHER CHANGES.
WEATHER WIRE SUBSCRIBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROGRAM THE BHMNOWBHM
PRODUCT INTO THEIR WEATHER WIRE DATABASE.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, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 35 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, 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.