Tornado Warning 18, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1112 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 IS IN EFFECT FOR COOSA...TALLAPOOSA...AND
CHAMBERS COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT 1105 AM CST.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED OVER EAST CENTRAL OR SOUTH ALABAMA AT
THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES REMAINS HIGH IN...AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY...AND AT TIMES
WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.  PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA ARE
URGED TO KEEP CLOSE WATCH ON WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.  STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1155 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

IN NORTHEAST CALHOUN COUNTY...ROOF BLOWN OFF AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
HIGHWAY 9 NORTH OF PIEDMONT.  DAMAGE TO A CHURCH NEAR &SAME LOCATION
TRAPPED 100 PEOPLE INSIDE.  APPROXIMATE TIME OF OCCURRENCE 11:45 AM CST.

IN CHEROKEE COUNTY...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN GOSHEN VALLEY AREA...
APPROXIMATELY 11:50 AM CST.

REPORTS FROM HAM RADIO SPOTTERS AND CALHOUN COUNTY EMA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1225 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 IS IN EFFECT FOR COOSA...TALLAPOOSA...AND
CHAMBERS COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM CST...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTH ALABAMA AT 1215 PM CST.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
LOCATED NEAR LAKE MARTIN...AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT
THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES REMAINS VERY HIGH IN...AND CLOSE TO...THE WATCH AREA.  NOW IS
THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO IF A WARNING IS ISSUED
FOR YOUR AREA.  PICK UP OBJECTS OUTSIDE THAT MAY BECOME DEADLY
PROJECTILES IN STRONG WINDS...THINK ABOUT WHERE hYOU WILL GO IN THE
EVENT SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS.  HAVING A PLAN OF ACTION COULD SAVE YOUR
LIFE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
134 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 IN EFFECT FOR COOSA...TALLAPOOSA...AND
CHAMBERS COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 4 PM CST...

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT 130 PM CST.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR LAKE JORDAN... 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF PRATTVILLE...AND IN BUTLER COUNTY NEAR CHAPMAN.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BT RADAR OVER EAST CENTRAL OR SOUTH
ALABAMA AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN...AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA.  STRONG WINDS...GUSTING TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES ARE
OCCURRING OVER SOUTH ALABAMA...IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE THU(NDERSTORMS.  PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA
ARE URGED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
155 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM CHEROKEE
COUNTY INDICATES THAT A TORNADO STRUCK THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION
OF CHEROKEE COUNTY AROUND 1135 AM.  THE TORNADO STRUCK THE GOSHEN
CHURCH NEAR THE CHEROKEE-CALHOUN COUNTY LINE.  WE UNDERSTAND THERE
WERE 17 DEATHS AND 90 INJURIES WITH ONE PERSON UNACCOUNTED FOR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
242 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 IS IN EFFECT FOR COOSA...TALLAPOOSA...AND
CHAMBERS COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM CST...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT 235 PM CST.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING JUST EAST OF LAKE
JORDAN...AND 20 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDER CITY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR OVER EAST CENTRAL OR SOUTH
ALABAMA AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AND TORNADOES REMAINS HIGH IN...AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  STAY
TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.