Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Apr 20, 1996, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)

Expired

Apr 20, 1996, 12:45 PM CDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Jefferson County, AL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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TTAA00 KBHM 201653
SVRBHM
ALC073-201745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1153 AM CDT SAT APR 20 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 1150 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN JEFFERSON
COUNTY NEAR THE BIRMINGPORT AND OAK GROVE AREAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AROUND 30 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AREA
BETWEEN 12 NOON AND 1230 PM.
 
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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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