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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 339, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 9, 1995Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 8:07 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-092150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
249 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 747 REMAINS jIN EFFECT UNTIL 6PMCDT..
   THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCALED FROM WATCH NUMBER 747
...DALLAS...MONTGOMERY...LOWNDES AND BULLOCK...
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-092150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
249 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 747 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PMCDT..

AT 245 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVCE RARAR AT MONTGOMERY ALAMABA INDICATED
RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS WITH  A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST RUSSELL...NORTHCENTRAL HENRY...
SOUTH COVINGTON COUNTIES.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD
BE MOVING OUT OF ALABAMA IN THE NEXT HOUR.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-100000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
457 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 747 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6:00 PM CDT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA...

AT 4:45 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY
INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY.
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED TEN MILES SOUTH OF AUBURN ON
THE BORDER OF SOUTHWEST LEE AND NORTHEAST MACON COUNTY.  BOTH
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
5:35 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

530 PM CDT HEADLAND               AL    TREES AND POWER LINES
7/09/95    HENRY                        DOWN...HOUSE STRUCK BY
                                        LIGHTNING AND CAUGHT ON
                                        FIRE.  BOB WILL...EMA
                                        DIRECTOR.
Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
5:35 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

530 PM CDT HEADLAND               AL    TREES AND POWER LINES
7/09/95    HENRY                        DOWN...HOUSE STRUCK BY
                                        LIGHTNING AND CAUGHT ON
                                        FIRE.  BOB WILL...EMA
                                        DIRECTOR.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
ALZ036>038-040>050-057-058-060-065>069-100150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
651 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 755 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:00 AM CDT
FOR MOST OF WESTERN ALABAMA...

AT 6:45 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MONTGOMERY
INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND CHOCTAW COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.  THESE
STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.  THE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO THE
FLORIDA PANHADLE.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DONT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette32 min
Jul 9, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter48 min

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Sources

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