Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jan 18, 1996, 1:24 PM CST (19:24 UTC)

Expired

Jan 18, 1996, 2:15 PM CST

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Walker County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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WUUS1 KBHM 181924 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC127-182015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
124 PM CST THU JAN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...WALKER COUNTY
 
AT 124 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN
WALKER COUNTY. THIS SQUALL LINE WILL BE NEAR JASPER BY 140 PM. THIS LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF KNOCKING A FEW TREES DOWN OVER
PARTS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
 
 
 
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

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.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.