Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Apr 20, 1995, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)

Expired

Apr 20, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lawrence County, AL

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ALC033-079-210215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
820 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...EASTERN COLBERT COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 818 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EAST COLBERT ENTERING LAWRENCE COUNTY ALABAMA.
 
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY
UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
 
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

In the hours before

ALZ036>038-040>043-210100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
557 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TILL 1100 CDT....

AT 545 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY
INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM EMBEDDED WITHIN A AREA OF RAINSHOWERS 25 MILES
WEST OF MONTGOMERY MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

ALZALL-210200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
800 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 238 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST
ALABAMA UNTIL 200 AM CDT.  SINCE THIS WATCH REPLACED TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 237...A TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CLEBURNE...CLAY...RANDOLPH...COOSA...TALLAPOOSA...CHAMBERS
...AUTAUGA...AND ELMORE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.