Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1996, 2:17 PM CDT for Elmore County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1996, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1996, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Elmore County, AL, Montgomery County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Eclectic, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 291918 SVRBHM ALC051-101-292000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 217 PM CDT MON APR 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...ELMORE COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 331 AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NEARLY ALL THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY AND ALL OF ELMORE COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BEFORE 300 PM CDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN IT S PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 68 min |
| Apr 29, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.