Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 424, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1996, 4:42 PM CDT for Marshall County, Morgan 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
- Sep 16, 1996, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1996, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Boaz, 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 nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHSV 162143 SVRHSV ALC095-103-162245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 442 PM CDT MON SEP 16 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...MARSHALL COUNTY...EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY AT 440 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE INIDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 5 hours 7 minutes before
ALZ001>007-011>013-161835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1135 AM CDT MON SEP 16 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... ...MADISON...MORGAN...LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...LAWRENCE...COLBERT... FRANKLIN...MARION...LAMAR...AND FAYETTE. AT 1134AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EASTWARD AND ONLY A FEW RAIN SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF NORTH AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THUND"ERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RETURN TO PARTS OF NORTH ALABAMA LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING AND CONDITIONS MAY ONCE AGAIN IMPROVE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 12:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
ALZ001>057-161835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1235 PM CDT MON SEP 16 1996 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1020 FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A NEW TORNADO WATCH #1022 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST AND EAST-CENTRAL SECTIONS UNTIL 800 PM. THIS NEW WATCH IS EAST OF A LINE FROM CALHOUN COUNTY TO TALLADEGA TO CHILTON TO DALLAS TO WILCOX COUNTIES AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BUTLER TO CRENSHAW TO PIKE TO BARBOUR COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:15 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
ALZ001>057-170200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 413 PM CDT MON SEP 16 1996 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1022 FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 1024 UNTIL 900 PM CDT. BELOW IS A LISTING OF COUNTIES INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 1023 AND 1024. BOTH ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT. NORTH WEST CENTRAL CENTRAL EAST CENTRAL SOUTHWEST SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... ANNISTON ASHLAND ATHENS BIRMINGHAM BUTLER CAMDEN CARROLLTON CENTRE CENTREVILLE CLANTON COLUMBIANA CULLMAN DADEVILLE DECATUR DOUBLE SPRINGS EUTAW FAYETTE FLORENCE FORT PAYNE GADSDEN GREENSBORO GREENVILLE GROVE HILL GUNTERSVILLE HAMILTON HAYNEVILLE HEFLIN HUNTSVILLE JASPER LINDEN LIVINGSTON LUVERNE MARION MONTGOMERY MOULTON MUSCLE SHOALS ONEONTA PELL CITY PRATTVILLE ROCKFORD RUSSELLVILLE SCOTTSBORO SELMA TALLADEGA TUSCALOOSA VERNON WEDOWEE WETUMPKA IN ALABAMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ALC077-033-059-079-083-089-103-095-071-049-093-133-043-009-055-019- 170200- ...NORTH... LAUDERDALE COLBERT FRANKLIN LAWRENCE LIMESTONE MADISON MORGAN MARSHALL JACKSON DEKALB MARION WINSTON CULLMAN BLOUNT ETOWAH CHEROKEE ALC075-057-107-125-119-063-065-091-170200- ...WEST CENTRAL... LAMAR FAYETTE PICKENS TUSCALOOSA SUMTER GREENE HALE MARENGO ALC127-073-117-115-121-105-007-021-037-047-001-085-051-101-170200- ...CENTRAL... WALKER JEFFERSON SHELBY ST. CLAIR TALLADEGA PERRY BIBB CHILTON COOSA DALLAS AUTAUGA LOWNDES ELMORE MONTGOMERY ALC015-029-027-111-123-170200- ...EAST CENTRAL... CALHOUN CLEBURNE CLAY RANDOLPH TALLAPOOSA ALC023-025-131-013-041-170200- ...SOUTHWEST... CHOCTAW CLARKE WILCOX BUTLER CRENSHAW
The office that day
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, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 69 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.