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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 4, 1995Bullock County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1995, 3:55 PM CDT for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 1995, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Bullock County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 1995-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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 1995-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 042056
TORBHM
ALC011-042130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
355 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...BULLOCK COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER BARBOUR COUNTY. DOPPLAR RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
THAT A TORNADO IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER
BULLOCK COUNTY BY 405 PM AND AFFECT THE SMUTEYE AREA. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour36 min
Oct 4, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXElmore28 min
Oct 4, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell15 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.