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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 5, 1995Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1995, 6:49 PM CDT for Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1995, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1995, 7:14 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Walker County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 795 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 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 052350
TORBHM
ALC127-060015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
649 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...WALKER COUNTY
 
AT 648 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE
THUNDESTORM OVER WALKER COUNTY NEAR CORDOVA AND SUMITON. DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT A TORNADO IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

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 4, 10:32 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLawrence32 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

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.