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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 5, 1995Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1995, 7:31 PM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1995, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Cullman County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1703 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
1703 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 060031
TORBHM
ALC043-060100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
731 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CULLMAN COUNTY
 
AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF CULLMAN. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH STRONG
WIND GUSTS. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THAT A TORNADO IS LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WILL AFFECT FAIRVIEW...BAILEYTON...
AND JOPPA AREAS AS IT MOVE 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 5, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens29 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.