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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 23, 1991Lamar County, Pickens County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1991, 2:00 AM CST for Lamar County, Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 1991, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 1991, 2:45 AM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lamar County, AL, Pickens County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 23, 2:30 AM CST	Hail 1	Lamar, AL

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.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Mar 22, 8:11 PM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 22, 10:06 PM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before

ALZ004>009-011-230500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1005 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING ALABAMA COUNTIES...

LAMAR...FAYETTE...WALKER...PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA...JEFFERSON...SHELBY...
BLOUNT...SAINT-CLAIR...ETOWAH...CHEROKEE...CALHOUN AND TALLADEGA.

THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES TO THE NORTH OF THESE COUNTIES
...MAINLY THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...UNTIL 2 AM CST.

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 11:02 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before

ALZ004>009-011-230800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1102 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING ALABAMA COUNTIES...

LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...
MORGAN...JACKSON...MARSHALL...DE KALB...MARION...WINSTON...AND
CULLMAN.

THE AIRMASS OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA HAS BECOME MUCH MORE STABLE SINCE 10
PM RESULTING IN A RAPID DECREASE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  FOR THIS
REASON...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 12:57 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

ALZ004>009-011-230900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1255 AM CST SAT MAR 23 1991

AT 1250 AM CENTERVILLE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM HUNTSVILLE SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAMAR COUNTY ALABAMA
TO JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATD IN CENTRAL  LAMAR AND
            NEAR BRILLIANT IN SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY.  STRONG WIND...FREQUENT           LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
            STORMS AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD.

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 1:01 AM CST, 59 minutes before

ALZ004>009-011-230900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
101 AM CST SAT MAR 23 1991

AT 1250 AM CENTERVILLE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM HUNTSVILLE SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAMAR COUNTY ALABAMA
TO JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATD IN CENTRAL
LAMAR AND NEAR BRILLIANT IN SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY.  STRONG WIND...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 6:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Colbert, Lauderdale	56 min
Mar 22, 8:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lawrence, Limestone	64 min
Mar 22, 8:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	28 min
Mar 23, 2:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	48 min
Mar 23, 2:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	39 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.