Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
505 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...

ALL THE INGREDIENTS ARE COMING INTO PLACE FOR AN OUTBREAK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.  A WARM...
MOIST...UNSTABLE AIRMASS AT THE SURFACE WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...
STRONG WINDS ALOFT...AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL ALL
INTERACT TO LIKELY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL
LIKELY BECOME SEVERE AND POSSIBLY PRODUCE TORNADOES.

ALTHOUGH ITS STILL A LITTLE TOO SOON TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE
THE STORMS WILL FIRE UP...BEST ESTIMATES ARE THAT WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
REGION MAY BE AFFECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND ALL OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND...AND LARGE HAIL...
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BRING HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP
TO 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE ALABAMA/NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST...
WHILE 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE.

EVERYONE ACROSS THE REGION IS URGED TO KEEP UPDATED ONE THE WEATHER
SITUATION DEVELOPING TODAY...BY FREQUENTLY TUNING INTO LOCAL NEWS OR
RADIO...OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE'S OWN NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
840 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992

  ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 158 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
     WEST CENTRAL AND SOU

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
920 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992

  ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 158 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
     WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

A WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT ARE PROVIDING
THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER ALABAMA
THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED
WIND DAMAGE OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EARLIER THIS
MORNING.  MORE STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE INTO WEST AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS MORNING.

AT 920 AM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING CLOSER TO THE ALABAMA
BORDER AND WERE MOVING THROUGH THE MERIDIAN MS AREA.  IT APPEARS THAT
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FIRST INTO LAMAR...PICKENS...
SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...
LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL.  MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS
SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1000AM CDT MON APR 20 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 158 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2PM CDT FOR PARTS
OF ALABAMA...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
WEST ALABAMA AT 10AM CDT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AT ABOUT 40 MPH. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT STRONG STORMS WILL
BE ENTERING DALLAS AND WILCOX COUNTIES AROUND 11 TO 1130AM CDT.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT. WATCHES
MAY BE REQUIRED FOR OTHER SECTIONS OF SOUTH ALABAMA DURING THE DAY
AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS HIGH. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL
RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.