Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1996, 4:06 PM CDT for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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
- May 27, 1996, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1996, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Marion, 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 67 min |
| May 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 63 min |
| May 27, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 64 min |
| May 27, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 64 min |
| May 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 60 min |
| May 27, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 68 min |
| May 27, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 34 min |
| May 27, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison | 57 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.