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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1996, 1:04 AM CDT for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 1996, 1:04 AM CDT (06:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1996, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:52 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA
1250 AM CDT TUE APR 23 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 PM ALICEVILLE AL TREES AND POWER LINES
04/22/96 PICKENS DOWN ON HIGHWAY 14.
1200 AM VERNON AL POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD
04/23/96 LAMAR JUST WEST OF VERNON.
1203 AM LIVINGSTON AL TREES AND POWER LINES
04/23/96 SUMTER DOWN.
1210 AM HAMILTON AL MOST OF HAMILTON WITHOUT
04/23/96 MARION POWER.
1215 AM LIVINGSTON AL 4 HOUSES DAMAGED.
04/23/96 SUMTER
1228 AM TUSCALOOSA AL NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
04/23/96 TUSCALOOSA LINES DOWN IN CITY.
1230 AM TUSCALOOSA AL TREES DOWN ON HOUSE.
04/23/96 TUSCALOOSA 1 INJURY REPORTED TO
TUS CALOOSA PD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 69 min |
| Apr 22, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 67 min |
| Apr 23, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson | 68 min |
| Apr 23, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.