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Tornado Warning 83, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 4, 1995Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Pike County, AL

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 050134
TORBHM
ALC109-050215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
833 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WEST PART OF PIKE COUNTY NEAR GOSHEN. DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED THAT A TORNADO IS LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE SHADY GROVE
AND YOUNG BLOOD AREAS THROUGH 845 PM.
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 4, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock	47 min
Oct 4, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Macon	47 min
Oct 4, 9:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	64 min
Oct 4, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	49 min
Oct 4, 11:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair	24 min
Oct 5, 12:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	3 hr
Oct 5, 12:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	4 hr

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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.