Tornado Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1141 AM CST WED MAR 18 1992

WHILE THE STAGE IS STILL BEING SET FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS HAD MOVED INTO THE WESTERN HALF
OF ALABAMA. AT 1140 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
WIDE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN STRETCHING FROM SOUTH OF HUNTSVILLE AND
MUSCLE SHOALS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE TUSCALOOSA AREA TO NEAR MONROEVILLE.
THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

     BESIDES THE RAIN...SOME HEAVIER SHOWERS WERE EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN
AREA.  HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE INDICATED IN WINSTON...WALKER...AND
FAYETTE COUNTIES AND IN MARENGO...PERRY...AND DALLAS COUNTIES.

     IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW BEING
CREATED AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING TOWARD ALABAMA WAS PRODUCING
SUSTAINED WIND OF 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THE STRONG WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AS THE STORM
SYSTEM CONTINUES MOVING EASTWARD.  THE STRONG WIND HAS PROMPTED THE
ISSUANCE OF LAKE WIND ADVISORIES FOR MOST OF THE STATE.

     THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
MUCH OF ALABAMA CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING.  PEOPLE IN ALABAMA
ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
207 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS ALABAMA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.  TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...

WHILE THE STAGE IS STILL BEING SET FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...RAIN CONTINUES TO PLAGUE MUCH OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON.
AT 205 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR  INDICATED WIDESPREAD
LIGHT RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA.  THERE WERE SOME
HEAVIER SHOWERS EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN
JEFFERSON...BLOUNT...HALE AND MARENGO COUNTIES.  THE RAIN WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE STORM
SYSTEM WERE GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES.  THE STRONG WIND HAS
PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF LAKE WIND ADVISORIES FOR MOST OF THE STATE.
THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER HAS ALREADY ISSUED TORNADO
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR STATES TO THE WEST OF ALABAMA.
PEOPLE IN ALABAMA ARE URGED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.  TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A LOCAL
TV OR RADIO STATION THAT BROADCASTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENTS
AND WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
330 PM CST WED MAR 18 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL IN ALABAMA'S WEATHER FORECAST...

     A STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL HAD
BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF LOUISIANA DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON.  THE WEATHER PATTERN WAS STILL SHAPING UP WITH A
STRONG POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES...FOR ALABAMA LATER TONIGHT.

     THE STRONG SOUTH WIND THAT MUCH OF ALABAMA HAS EXPERIENCED
DURING THE AFTERNOON HAS INCREASED THE MOISTURE AND RESULTED IN A
RATHER BROAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN.  THE RAIN AREAS WERE
OCCASIONALLY DOTTED WITH POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN.  HEAVIER
RAINFALL AMOUNTS DURING THE AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN AROUND ONE INCH
WITH A GOOD GENERAL RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF
INCH AT MOST REPORTING LOCATIONS.

     A BROAD AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS ALABAMA
AT 325 PM ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR.  SOME OF
THE HEAVIER RAIN AREAS WERE OCCURRING IN SUMTER...MARENGO...GREENE...
AND HALE COUNTIES WITH A FEW PATCHES OF HEAVIER RAIN DOTTED ACROSS
THE REST OF ALABAMA.  THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR.

     THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN INTO TONIGHT
AS IT MOVES EASTWARD TOWARD ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.  THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS HIGH...A FACT WE CANNOT STRESS
ENOUGH.  STORM SPOTTERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...AND ANY OTHERS INVOLVED WITH
SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD ANTICIPATE BEING ACTIVATED EARLY TONIGHT AS
THE WEATHER MOVES INTO ALABAMA.

     THIS STILL REMAINS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  THOUGH THE
WEATHER HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT SLOWER TO DEVELOP THAN PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT...ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR A SERIOUS
ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER TONIGHT.

     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTERS WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THIS WEATHER SYSTEM VERY CLOSELY.  PEOPLE IN ALABAMA
SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WHEN
PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR TONIGHT.  BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTIONS
SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

     STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOU LOCAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.