Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1996, 12:46 PM CST for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1996, 12:46 PM CST (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1996, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winston County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 181846 RRA SVRBHM ALC133-181945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1246 PM CST THU JAN 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...WINSTON COUNTY AT 1245 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE WEST PART WINSTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE HALEYVILLE AREA AROUND 1 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVpERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Jan 18, 11:01 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
ALZ001>069-GAZ089-090-102-120-FLZ001>015-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1115 AM CST (1215 AM EST) THU JAN 18 1996 ...DRASTIC WEATHER CHANGES CONTINUE FOR ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING CLOSER TO ALABAMA LATE THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. WESTERN ALABAMA WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE FIRST SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE VERY STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY EARLY EVENING. FOLLOWING THIS COLD FRONT RAPID TEMPERATURE FALLS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT AND RESIDENTS OF ALABAMA WILL AWAKE FRIDAY TO VERY COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS. CURRENTLY WINDS CHILL FORECAST FOR FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON RANGE FROM ZERO DEGREES OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS CENTRAL AND READINGS IN THE TEENS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. SNOW FLURRIES REMAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA BUT THE FAST MOVING SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION. RESIDENTS OF ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 58 min |
| Jan 18, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 58 min |
| Jan 18, 11:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 56 min |
| Jan 18, 11:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 41 min |
| Jan 18, 12:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Jan 18, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 60 min |
| Jan 18, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 18, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 50 min |
| Jan 18, 12:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens | 38 min |
| Jan 18, 1:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 30 min |
| Jan 18, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 51 min |
| Jan 18, 1:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 66 min |
| Jan 18, 1:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.