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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 19, 1996Coosa County, Talladega County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 1996, 6:23 PM CST for Coosa County, Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 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
Feb 19, 1996, 6:23 PM CST (00:23 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 1996, 7:30 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coosa County, AL, Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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

Special weather statement, Feb 19, 4:19 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
ALZ040-192320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
419 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DALLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED IN INTENSITY AND TORNADOES ARE NO LONGER A
THREAT.
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 4:20 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
ALZ040-192320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
419 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DALLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED IN INTENSITY AND TORNADOES ARE NO LONGER A
Special weather statement, Feb 19, 4:22 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
ALZ040-192320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
419 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DALLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED IN INTENSITY AND TORNADOES ARE NO LONGER A
THREAT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 6:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery50 min
Feb 19, 6:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock37 min
Feb 19, 7:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon43 min
Feb 19, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock33 min
Feb 19, 8:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Russell50 min
Feb 19, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour30 min
Feb 19, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell28 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.