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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 7, 1995Madison County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 5:29 PM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1995, 5:29 PM CST (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1995, 6:30 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 85 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 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
85 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHSV 072329
TORHSV
ALC089-080030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
529 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CST
...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 525 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO OVER SOUTH HUNTSVILLE. SPOTTERS SHOWED A POSSIBLE WALL CLOUD
NEAR HARVEST ALABAMA.  HIGH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR PATTON ROAD
IN HUNTSVILLE.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFranklin, Lawrence68 min
Mar 6, 7:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert48 min
Mar 7, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo39 min
Mar 7, 2:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Tuscaloosa49 min
Mar 7, 2:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens40 min
Mar 7, 2:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar47 min
Mar 7, 2:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo10 min
Mar 7, 2:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry65 min
Mar 7, 2:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa31 min
Mar 7, 3:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb68 min
Mar 7, 3:11 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa34 min
Mar 7, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker44 min
Mar 7, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXWalker51 min
Mar 7, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson66 min
Mar 7, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa15 min
Mar 7, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry32 min
Mar 7, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXCullman67 min
Mar 7, 4:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb33 min
Mar 7, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Shelby59 min
Mar 7, 4:28 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMorgan62 min
Mar 7, 4:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson66 min
Mar 7, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Shelby45 min
Mar 7, 5:47 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXMarshall58 min
Mar 7, 5:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega55 min
Mar 7, 5:57 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXJackson63 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.