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Tornado Warning 90, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 19, 1995Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 19, 1995, 1:46 AM CST for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 1995, 1:46 AM CST (07:46 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 1995, 2:15 AM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Barbour County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-12-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 531 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
531 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
501 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 190746
TORBHM
ALC005-190815-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
146 AM CST TUE DEC 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...BARBOUR COUNTY
 
AT 144 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN BARBOUR HAD INCREASED IN INTENSITY...AND MAY NOW CONTAIN A TORNADO.
THIS WARNING UPGRADES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...AND
EXTENDS IT UNTIL 215 AM. LOUISVILLE...CLAYTON AND BATESVILLE ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas49 min
Dec 19, 1:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers36 min
Dec 19, 1:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour26 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.