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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 8:18 PM CST for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 1990, 8:18 PM CST (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 220221 SVRBHM ALC093-220300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 818 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...MARION COUNTY AT 818 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI AND MARION COUNTY BORDER AND WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TOWARDS THE CITY OF HAMILTON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNINGs...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Dec 21, 8:03 PM CST, 15 minutes before
ALZ001>009-011-220300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
8:03 PM CST WED DEC 20 1990
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES...
....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR...MARION...WINSTON...
FAYETTE...AND WALKER COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT...
AT 800 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND BACK INTO EAST CENTRAL
ZMISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG WINDS....AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 8:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 57 min |
| Dec 21, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 32 min |
| Dec 21, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 42 min |
| Dec 22, 2:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Madison | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Winston | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 2 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 2 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 32 min |
| Dec 22, 10:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cullman, Fayette, Walker | 117 min |
| Dec 22, 10:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 117 min |
| Dec 22, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 12:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cullman, Walker | 3 hr |
| Dec 22, 12:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 80 min |
| Dec 22, 2:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 29 min |
| Dec 22, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 56 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.