Tornado Warning 27, NWS Birmingham, AL

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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.

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

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 45 IS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS...AUTAUGA...COOSA
...TALLAPOOSA AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES OF CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 10 PM
CST...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AT 315 PM CST.  OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS
WERE OCCURRING OVER THE EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE.  THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OR SOUTH
ALABAMA AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AND TORNADOES REMAINS VERY HIGH IN...AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.  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 MONTGOMERY AL
449 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 45 IS IN EFFECT FOR AUTAUGA...COOSA...
TALLAPOOSA...CHAMBERS...AND DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CST...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHWEST ALABAMA AT 440 PM CST.  THE LINE STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF
GADSDEN...SOUTHWEST THROUGH BIRMINGHAM...AND ON TO NEAR MERIDIAN
MISSISSIPPI.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR...WHILE THE LINE DRIFTED SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL OR SOUTH ALABAMA AT
THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
STATE CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES REMAINS VERY HIGH
IN...AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA
ARE URGED TO MONITOR THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.