Tornado Warning 16, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Feb 9, 1990, 11:28 PM CST (05:28 UTC)

Expired

Feb 10, 1990, 12:15 AM CST

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cullman County, AL, Winston County, AL

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KBHM 100529
TORBHM
ALC043-133-100615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1128 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CULLMAN COUNTY...WINSTON COUNTY
 
AT 1128 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE
WINSTON/CULLMAN COUNTY LINE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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 BLjANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.