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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 28, 1996Madison County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1996, 1:42 AM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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 28, 1996, 1:42 AM CDT (06:42 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 1996, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Madison County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 2:00 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Huntsville, 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.

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 27, 9:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Franklin	57 min
May 27, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	66 min
May 27, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Morgan	67 min
May 27, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	42 min
May 28, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Limestone	62 min
May 28, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Morgan	57 min
May 28, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marshall	63 min
May 28, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	62 min
May 28, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Franklin	59 min
May 28, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	56 min
May 28, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	65 min
May 28, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah	60 min
May 28, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lawrence, Winston	66 min
May 28, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	45 min
May 28, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	46 min
May 28, 4:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	53 min
May 28, 5:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lauderdale	64 min
May 28, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lauderdale	50 min
May 28, 6:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	51 min
May 28, 7:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	32 min
May 28, 10:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Tuscaloosa	69 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1996 Every 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.