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Tornado Warning 84, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 4, 1995Bullock County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1995, 8:58 PM CDT for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 1995, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Bullock County, AL

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 050158
TORBHM
ALC011-050245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
858 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...BULLOCK COUNTY
 
AT 858 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OPAL MOVING ACROSS
PIKE COUNTY AND INTO BULLOCK COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST
SOUTHWEST OF HALLS CROSSROADS. TORNADOES ARE LIKELY IN AND CLOSE TO THE
CENTER OF HURRICANE OPAL. THE STORMS WERE 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 HOXMES
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, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	42 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.