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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1995, 10:26 PM CDT for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 1995, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elmore County, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 050328 TORBHM ALC051-050415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1026 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...ELMORE COUNTY AT 1025 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OPAL WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH OUT OF NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY INTO ELMORE COUNTY. TORNADOES ARE LIKELY NEAR THE CENTER OF OPAL. RADAR HAS CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE WETUMPKA AND TALLASSEE AREAS BY 1035 PM... AND ECLECTIC BY 1045 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 10:13 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
ALZ023-032>035-039>042-050715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1013 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... TUSCALOOSA...HALE...BIB...CHILTON...PERRY...AUTAUGA...DALLAS...MARENGO.. AND LOWNDES. EVEN THOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFEC...CONTINUE THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 10:14 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
ALZ023-032>035-039>042-050715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1013 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... TUSCALOOSA...HALE...BIB...CHILTON...PERRY...AUTAUGA...DALLAS...MARENGO.. AND LOWNDES. EVEN THOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFEC...CONTINUE THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 10:15 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
ALZ023-032>035-039>042-050715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1013 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... TUSCALOOSA...HALE...BIB...CHILTON...PERRY...AUTAUGA...DALLAS...MARENGO.. AND LOWNDES. EVEN THOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFEC...THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN THE AREA.
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, 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, 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 |
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.