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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 15, 1996Limestone County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1996, 6:51 PM CST for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 69 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: Mar 15, 1996, 6:51 PM CST (00:51 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 1996, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Limestone County, AL

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Mar 15, 3:42 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

ALZ026-152245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
342 PM CST FRI MAR 15 1996

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS NOW MOVED INTO WESTERN
TALLADEGA COUNTY.

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 4:15 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

ALZ027-152245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
414 PM CST FRI MAR 15 1996

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TALLADEGA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERST<ORM HAS MOVED OUT OT TALLADEGA COUNTY AND INTO CLAY
COUNTY.

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 4:38 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 4:39 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 6:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Madison	55 min
Mar 15, 6:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lauderdale	66 min
Mar 16, 12:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	42 min
Mar 16, 12:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	46 min
Mar 16, 12:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee	51 min
Mar 16, 1:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	DeKalb	56 min
Mar 16, 2:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	25 min
Mar 16, 3:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga	51 min
Mar 16, 4:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	31 min
Mar 16, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	15 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1996 Every 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.