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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 395, NWS Birmingham, AL
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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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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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Limestone | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.