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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 395, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 26, 1995Calhoun County, Etowah County, St. Clair County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 5:14 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Etowah County, St. Clair County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, AL, Etowah County, AL, St. Clair 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 26, 2:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
ALZ036-038-040-042-044-054-057-262120-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
220 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT FOR DALLAS AND
WILCOX COUNTIES....

AT 2PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
AND RAINSHOWERS SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA.

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL CHAMBERS...SOUTHWEST
MONTGOMERY...NEAR RAMER...SOUTHEAST...NEAR FT DEPOSIT...LOWNDES AND
SOUTHCENTRAL...NEAR CAMDEN...WILCOX COUNTIES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL COOSA AND NORTHEAST BUTLER
COUNTIES.

MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST AT 25 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.  MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY IN AREAS
OF HEAVY RAIN. YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS AND
BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE HYDROPLANING.
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:23 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
ALZ054-057-058-262225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
423 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995

AT 415 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
RAINSHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN CHAMBERS
COUNTY JUST WEST OF LAFAYETTE THROUGH CENTRAL MONRO COUNTY.  THE
STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE WILCOX AND BUTLER COUNTY
NEAR PINE APPLE IN WILCOX COUNTY.  THERE WAS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
OVER SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY JUST NORTH OF DOSIER.   THE MOVEMENT
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

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

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.
Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:35 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:46 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
435 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

400 PM CDT PRATTVILLE             AL      TREE DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN.
7/26/95    AUTAUGA                        REPORTED BY PRATTVILLE POLICE.
                                          SVR THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN
                                      2    EFFECT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Pickens48 min
Jul 25, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale59 min
Jul 25, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Franklin, Lawrence65 min
Jul 25, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale24 min
Jul 25, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone59 min
Jul 25, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker43 min
Jul 26, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar43 min
Jul 26, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion51 min
Jul 26, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLauderdale61 min
Jul 26, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay51 min
Jul 26, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence, Limestone62 min
Jul 26, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Marengo, Sumter46 min
Jul 26, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston33 min
Jul 26, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman48 min
Jul 26, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison43 min
Jul 26, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount49 min
Jul 26, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega52 min
Jul 26, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarshall41 min
Jul 26, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay66 min
Jul 26, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega61 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.