Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
705 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CULLMAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 705 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED STRONG THUNDER
STORMS OVER CULLMAN...LAMARR...WALKER...BIBB...TUSCALOOSA...COOSA...
PERRY...CHILTON...SHELBY...AND SOUTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTIES.  SMALL HAIL
HAS FALLEN FROM THE STORM OVER LAMAR COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF SULLIGENT.
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MARION NEAR THE CITIES
OF GUIN AND BRILLIANT.  ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECOMING MORE INTENSE OVER EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL.  REMAIN ALERT THIS MORNING AND
BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER SHOULD
APPROACH YOU OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL FOLLOW THROUGHOUT THE MORNING FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
712 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

AT 700 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH COOSA...TALLAPOOSA...AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES
OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALL WAS LOCATED
NEAR ROCKFORD...DADEVILLE...AND CAMP HILL.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND CAN CAUSE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND
GUSTY WINDS IN THESE AREAS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
721 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

AT 720 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO MARION COUNTY
NEAR GUIN AND GU-WIN AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE BRILLIANT AREA AND
INTO NORTHWEST WINSTON COUNTY NEAR HALEYVILLE DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL.  IN ADDITION STRONG WIND
...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT INTENSE LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
747 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING
OUT OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI INTO PICKENS COUNTY WITH AN ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE FAYETTE/LAMAR COUNTY LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ACCOMPANIED BY SMALL HAIL, HEAVY RAIN, AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTN0ING.

PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDS AS THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER YOUR AREA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
812 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN, CENTRAL,
AND WESTERN ALABAMA VALID UNTIL 300 PM CDT.

WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED SOME SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS MORNING WHILE A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN HAS
BEEN MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WHERE AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN.

TODAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT FOR
MUCH OF ALABAMA.  ALREADY THIS MORNING THE WIND FLOW IN THE LOWER
SECTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE HAVE BEGUN TO SWING AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST
ALLOWING A WIND PROFILE MORE CONDUCIVE TO TORNADO FORMATION.  AS A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE STATE DURING THE
DAY, THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE.

PEOPLE ALL ACROSS ALABAMA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY
RULES.  NOW IS THE TIME TO DO A LITTLE ADVANCE PREPARATION SO THAT YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE ACTION SHOULD YOU BECOME
THREATENED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES.

TORNADO SAFETY RULES WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT, AND MEDIA OUTLETS SHOULD CONSIDER ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR
WEATHER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL STAFF IS ALREADY ON DUTY
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM IN PREPARATION FOR THE
DAY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
830 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN, CENTRAL,
AND WESTERN ALABAMA VALID UNTIL 300 PM CDT.

AT 830 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR OVER
SOUTHERN LAMAR...NORTHERN FAYETTE...AND WALKER COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER FAYETTE COUNTY.  ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR.  ALREADY SMALL HAIL HAS FALLEN IN
LAMAR COUNTY.