Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 6, 1996, 10:39 PM CST (04:39 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 1996, 11:45 PM CST

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Macon County, 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.

000 
WUUS1 KBHM 070441 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC087-070545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1039 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...MACON COUNTY
 
AT 1038 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY...ABOUT TO MOVE INTO WESTERN MACON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AROUND 40 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE SHORTER AREA BETWEEN 1045 AND
1100 PM...AND TUSKEGEE BEFORE 1130 PM. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
WERE INDICATED WITH THIS STORM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

In the hours before

ALZ021-026-027-028-029-070000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
519 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996

THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR CLEBURNE AND CLAY COUNTIES...AND THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY...HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS...THE
STORMS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF ALABAMA UNTIL 6 PM CST.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND ADDITIONAL
WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT.

ALZ021-026-027-028-029-070000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
519 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996

THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR CLEBURNE AND CLAY COUNTIES...AND THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY...HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS...THE
STORMS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF ALABAMA UNTIL 6 PM CST.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND ADDITIONAL
WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.