Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
101 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 3
PM CDT...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CENTRAL ALABAMA AT 1 PM CDT.  THE LINE STRETCHED FROM JUST EAST OF
ANNISTON...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CLANTON...AND ON TO DEMOPOLIS.
ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO
AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL
HAIL...WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHERN COOSA AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES FOR THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO.

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN...AND CLOSE TO...THE WATCH AREA FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR
WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  STAY TUNED TO
YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POS\SIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
201 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 3
PM CDT...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CENTRAL ALABAMA AT 2 PM CDT.  THE LINE STRETCHED FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF
ANNISTON...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SELMA.  ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...WERE LOCATED BETWEEN
ALEXANDER CITY AND SYLACAUGA...JUST NORTHWEST OF SELMA...AND BETWEEN
MONTGOMERY AND WETUMPKA.  PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES
REMAINS HIGH ACROSS THE AREA.  STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST
MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
215 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH...CENTRAL...
   AND WEST ALABAMA UNTIL 300 PM CDT...AND FOR PORTIONS OF
   NORTHEAST AND EAST ALABAMA UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 210 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CLAY...
COOSA...AND TALLAPOOSA.  ELSEWHERE...A FEW MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER BLOUNT...ST. CLAIR...
CALHOUN...CLEBURNE...AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES.  ALSO...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA. ALL
OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO MOVE THROUGH THE STATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING
LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...VERY STRONG WIND...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND
TORNADOES.

PERSONS ACROSS ALL OF ALABAMA ARE INCOURAGED TO REVIEW SEVERE
WEATHER SAFETY RULES.  BECUASE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL
SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT...NOW, IS THE TIME TO PREPARE...SO YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES
YOUR AREA.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND
RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
330 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY...
ALEXANDER CITY STATE TROOPERS REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN ALEXANDER
CITY AT 247 PM CDT.  PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDER CITY...REPORT RECEIVED FROM WSFA TELEVISION
WEATHERCASTER.

COOSA COUNTY...
STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTED MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL IN SOUTHEAST COOSA COUNTY AT 258 PM CDT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
529 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

WEATHER RADAR IN MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AT  530 PM CDT.  THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN END OF LAKE MARTIN...AND JUST NORTH OF
OPELIKA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WEST ALABAMA.
THE LINE STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF BIRMINGHAM...SOUTH TO NEAR
DEMOPOLIS.  THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR OVER EAST CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR
...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH
ALABAMA ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY TONIGHT...
AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES REMAINS
EXTREMELY HIGH.  PLAN AHEAD NOW...SO YOU WILL KNOW WHpAT TO DO IF A
WEATHER WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.