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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 1992, 3:00 PM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1992, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lamar County, AL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 102000 TORBHM ALC075-102030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 300 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...LAMAR COUNTY PUBLIC REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 258 JUST EAST OF SULLIGENT. RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT STORMS ARE MOVfING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Aug 10, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
ALZ004>008-101930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 145 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 140 PM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOACTED FROM TUSCALOOSA TO JASPER. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED LITTLE DURING THE PAST HOUR AND BECAUSE OF THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. ALSO...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITHIN THIS BAND OF STORMS. ELSEWHERE...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREAPRED TO TO SEEK SAFE SHELTERD UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:34 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
ALZ004>009-102030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 233 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 230 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOACTED OVER WALKER AND WESTERN CULLMAN COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED PEA SIZED HAIL WHICH COVERED THE GROUND OVER THE COMMUNITY OF BOLDO NEAR JASPER IN WALKER COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER MARION...LAMAR...TUSCALOOSA...GREENE AND SAINT CLAIR COUNTIES. THE THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED LITTLE DURING THE PAST HOUR AND BECAUSE OF THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR. ALSO...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG... GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREAPRED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lawrence | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 32 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.