Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 9:01 PM CDT for Clay County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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
- May 24, 1996, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1996, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 745 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 250201 SVRBHM ALC027-250245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 901 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...CLAY COUNTY AT 903 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DELTA IN NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY SLOWLY DRIFTING WEST. QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SE*VERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, May 24, 6:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA
625 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0325 PM CLANTON AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/96 CHILTON
0412 PM BIRMINGHAM AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/96 JEFFERSON
0415 PM PRATTVILLE AL .5 INCH HAIL
05/24/96 AUTAUGA JUST NORTH OF PRATVILLE
0427 PM CALERA AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/96 SHELBY
0430 PM BIRMINGHAM ARPT AL .5 INCH HAIL
05/24/96 JEFFERSON REPORT NEAR AIRPORT
0445 PM BRUNDIDGE AL WIND DAMAGE
05/24/96 PIKE TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HWY
231 2-3 MILES SOUTH OF
BRUNDIDGE
0520 PM SARDIS AL WIND DAMAGE
05/24/96 DALLAS TREES BLOWN DOWN OF HWY 41
NEAR SARDIS. LARGE HAIL
ALSO REPORTED.
0555 PM HOOVER AL WIND DAMAGE
05/24/96 JEFFERSON POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON
ALFORD AVE.
0557 PM MT OLIVE AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/96 JEFFERSON
0558 PM TUSKEGEE AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/96 MACON
0600 PM BIRMINGHAM AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/96 JEFFERSONLocal storm report, May 24, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA
715 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0624 PM BESSEMER AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/96 JEFFERSON
0637 PM HUEYTOWN AL WIND DAMAGE
05/24/96 JEFFERSON TREES BLOWN DOWN.
0640 PM HOOVER AL
05/24/96 JEFFJERSON LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOUSE
AND KNOCKED OUT
APPLIANCES.Special weather statement, May 24, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
ALZ043-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 727 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MACON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKEND ANjD MOVED WESTWARD.
Special weather statement, May 24, 7:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
ALZ043-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR COUNTY NAME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 727 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELMORE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCEtLLED. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKEND AND MOVED WESTWARD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 67 min |
| May 24, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 40 min |
| May 24, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| May 24, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 64 min |
| May 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 55 min |
| May 24, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 55 min |
| May 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 62 min |
| May 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 60 min |
| May 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 30 min |
| May 24, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 59 min |
| May 24, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 55 min |
| May 25, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.