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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 422, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1996, 4:27 PM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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
- Sep 16, 1996, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1996, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cullman County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Cullman, 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
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 11:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 6:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 7:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 52 min |
| Sep 16, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 65 min |
| Sep 16, 7:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 57 min |
| Sep 16, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 63 min |
| Sep 16, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 65 min |
| Sep 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 56 min |
| Sep 16, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 61 min |
| Sep 16, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 64 min |
| Sep 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 65 min |
| Sep 16, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 68 min |
| Sep 16, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Lawrence | 63 min |
| Sep 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 69 min |
| Sep 16, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall, Morgan | 63 min |
| Sep 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 69 min |
| Sep 16, 5:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cullman | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 61 min |
| Sep 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 31 min |
| Sep 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 41 min |
| Sep 16, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 58 min |
| Sep 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 33 min |
| Sep 16, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 41 min |
| Sep 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 36 min |
| Sep 16, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 31 min |
| Sep 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 36 min |
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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.