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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1993, 6:54 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1993, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, AL
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, May 3, 2:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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ALZ004-008-013-032030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 227 PM CDT MON MAY 03 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... RADAR AT 225 PM SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PICKENS COUNTY. THESE STROMS WERE MOVING NORTH NEAR CARROLLTON AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE LIKLEY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...AND GUSTY WIND. IT WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS REFORM BY 300 PM.
Special weather statement, May 3, 3:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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ALZ010-011-012-014-017-032315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 514 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993 ....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 1100PM.... AT 505PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR RAMER AND EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
ALZ010-011-012-014-017-032315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 514 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993 ....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 1100PM.... AT 505PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR RAMER AND EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 59 min |
| May 3, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 61 min |
| May 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 56 min |
| May 3, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 38 min |
| May 3, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 51 min |
| May 3, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 57 min |
| May 3, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Morgan | 68 min |
| May 3, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 57 min |
| May 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 66 min |
| May 3, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 66 min |
| May 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 3, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 65 min |
| May 3, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 69 min |
| May 3, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 61 min |
| May 3, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 57 min |
| May 3, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 65 min |
| May 3, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 65 min |
| May 3, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 35 min |
| May 3, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 30 min |
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Sources
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