Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
436 AM CST (536 AM EST) WED MAR 6 1996

...RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF
ALABAMA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING.  THIS UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WAS INTERACTING WITH THE WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE...
ACROSS THE AREA.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THESE REST OF
THE MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF ALABAMA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA.  THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH
STORMS THIS MORNING AND DAMAGE TO TRAILERS IN DALLAS COUNTY ALABAMA.
THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES IS REAL AND
YOU SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER NOW.  A
TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
THROUGH 1000 AM THIS MORNING.

THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...A
SECOND STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND
INTO THURSDAY MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER.  THE
ATMOSPHERE ACROSS ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO BE WARM AND UNSTABLE. THE MAIN THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WILL BE ACROSS THE PARTS
OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE WEATHER TO OCCUR ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF ALABAMA...WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT

PLEASE KEEP UPDATED ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH
THURSDAY.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 AM CST WED MAR 06 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

510 AM     CITY OF MONTGOMERY       AL
03/06/96   MONTGOMERY

DIME SIZE HAIL SOUTH MONTGOMERY.  HOMES DAMAGED IN CITY OF MONTGOMERY.
NUMEROUS HOME AND BUSINESSES DAMAGED.  ROOFS BLOWN FROM SEVERAL
APARTMENTS AND SEVERAL OTHERS ONLY PARTIAL ROOFS REMAIN.  MOST OF THE
DAMAGE APPARENTLY OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PART OF THE CITY
OF MONTGOMERY ESPECIALLY IN THE NORMANDALE AREA.  NORMANDALE MALL
EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED.  SEVERAL TREES REPORTED ON HOMES. EIGHTEEN WHEELER
BLOWN OFF INTERSTATE 65.  NUMEROC
tTERSTATE 65.  NUMEROUS SIGNS BLOWN DOWN.  TWO HOME SEVERLY
DAMAGED TO THE POINT UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF MOBILE HOMES OR HOUSES.
INJURIES UNKNOWN OR NOT REPORTED AT THIS TIME.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 AM CST WED MAR 06 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

245 AM     CORDOVA                  AL    MARBLE SIZE HAI.
03/06/96   WALKER

351 AM     DALLAS?                  AL    ALABAMA POWER REPORTS A
03/06/96                                  POWER LOCKOUT BETWEEN SELMA
                                          AND DEMOPOLIS.

451 AM     DALLAS                   AL    DALLAS CO SHERIFF REPORTS A
                                          TRAILER PARK HIT JUST NORTH
                                          OF SELMA. AT LEAST 2 TRAILERS
    2                                      HIT.

...MORE REPORTS TO FOLLOW...

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 AM CST WED MAR 06 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

510 AM     CITY OF MONTGOMERY       AL
03/06/96   MONTGOMERY

DIME SIZE HAIL SOUTH MONTGOMERY.  HOMES DAMAGED IN CITY OF MONTGOMERY.
NUMEROUS HOME AND BUSINESSES DAMAGED.  ROOFS BLOWN FROM SEVERAL
APARTMENTS AND SEVERAL OTHERS ONLY PARTIAL ROOFS REMAIN.  MOST OF THE
DAMAGE APPARENTLY OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PART OF THE CITY
OF MONTGOMERY ESPECIALLY IN THE NORMANDALE AREA.  NORMANDALE MALL
EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED.  SEVERAL TREES REPORTED ON HOMES. EIGHTEEN WHEELER
BLOWN OFF INtTERSTATE 65.  NUMEROUS SIGNS BLOWN DOWN.  TWO HOME SEVERLY
DAMAGED TO THE POINT UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF MOBILE HOMES OR HOUSES.
INJURIES UNKNOWN OR NOT REPORTED AT THIS TIME.