Tornado Warning 12, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
205 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING.  AT 2 AM...A CENTER OF LOW
PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANDREW WAS LOCATED IN
SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
MODERATE TO HEAVY IN INTENSITY...WAS MOVING INTO THE EXTREME WESTERN
ALABAMA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DEPRESSION. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR THE FORMATION OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WITHIN THE AREA OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...FLOODING WILL ALSO BECOME
A POSSIBILITY LATER TODAY...AS THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION MOVES
ACROSS THE STATE...AND A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF ALABAMA ON THURSDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FIVE INCHES OR
MORE WERE REPORTED IN MISSISSIPPI ON WEDNESDAY...AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS
ARE POSSIBLE IN ALABAMA LATER TODAY.

EVERYONE IN BOTH WATCH AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGHOUT THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS AND INTO THE DAY THURSDAY...AND KEEP ABREAST OF THE
LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
225 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL
900 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...

AT 225 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED WIDESPREAD RAIN
...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE RAIN AREA WAS SPREADING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR...AND HAD MOVED INTO EXTREME WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA...NEAR
ANDALUSIA...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT THIS
TIME...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES
WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AbREA AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ANDREW
APPROACH LATER THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA
...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ALZ004>009-011-013-271030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
430 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TIL 9 AM...
       ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...

AT 430 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE BAND OF RAIN ALONG WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THIS RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ANDREW AND AS A RESULT...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN
PRODUCING SOME GUSTY WIND. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND STORMS WERE WORKING THROUGH
SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES ON THEIR WAY TO MARENGO...GREENE...PICKENS AND
HALE COUNTIES.  PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT SOAKING RAINS FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 40 OR 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THE CENTER OF ANDREW WILL TRACK ACROSS THE STATE LATER TODAY AND THAT WILL
ALSO PRODUCE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

PERSO$NS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.

ALZ010-011-014-015-270925-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
430 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL
900 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...

AT 430 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED WIDESPREAD RAIN
...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...MAINLY BETWEEN TUSCALOOSA AND MOBILE. THE RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE RAIN
AREA CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SEVERAL
TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NIGHT AND
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL
RAIN...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE AZCROSS THE AREA...AS THE
REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ANDREW MOVE THROUGH DURING THE DAY TODAY.
STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

ALZ010-011-014-015-271330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
630 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL
900 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY...

AT 630 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED WIDESPREAD RAIN
...ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTH ALABAMA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN SUMTER
AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...AND NEAR FLORALA...IN COVINGTON COUNTY. THE RAIN
AREA CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SEVERAL
TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA DURING THE NIGHT...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
...DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSI"BLE TORNADOES...WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ANDREW
MOVE THROUGH.

STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.