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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 27, 1995Dallas County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 1995, 5:03 PM CDT for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Dallas County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 1995-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 276 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 1995-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 272205
TORBHM
ALC047-272245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
503 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...DALLAS COUNTY
 
AT 500 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY CONTAINING
A TORNADO OVER SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON~ THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton34 min
Oct 27, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Marengo35 min
Oct 27, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo15 min
Oct 27, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore44 min
Oct 27, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery30 min
Oct 27, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee46 min
Oct 27, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock35 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.