Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 111, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1996, 7:44 PM CST for Chambers County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
- Nov 7, 1996, 7:44 PM CST (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1996, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chambers County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.8
- Supercell composite
- -3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 080145 TORBHM ALC017-080230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 744 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...NORTHERN CHAMBERS COUNTY A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CHAMBERS COUNTY NEAR SHILOH ALONG THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER. THIS STORM WILL ALSO AFFECT THE MILLTOWN AND PENTON AREAS BETWEEN 750 AND 800 PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Nov 7, 4:00 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
ALZ004-005-013-014-022-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 400 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1121... LIMESTONE...LAWRENCE...WINSTON...FAYETTE...PICKENS.
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 5:20 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
ALZ006-007-015-016-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 520 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH ALABAMA HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1121.... MADISON...MORGAN...CULLMAN...WALKER.
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 5:21 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
ALZ006-007-015-016-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 520 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH ALABAMA HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER &1121.... MADISON...MORGAN...CULLMAN...WALKER.
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 7:06 PM CST, 38 minutes before
ALZ008>010-017-018-023>026-030>034-039-040-051>055-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 707 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1121.... JACKSON...MARSHALL...DEKALB...ETOWAH...BLOUNT...ST. CLAIR... JEFFERSON...SHELBY...TUSCALOOSA...BIBB...SUMTER...GREENE... HALE...PERRY...CHOCTAW...MARENGO...WILCOX...DALLAS...WASHINGTON... CLARKE...MONROE.
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 7:25 PM CST, 19 minutes before
ALZ020-035-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 725 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1121.... CHHEROKEE...CHILTON.
Local storm report, Nov 7, 7:30 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA
730 PM CST THU NOV 07 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0325 PM LIVINGSTON AL .75 INCH HAIL
11/07/96 SUMTER DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
IN LIVINGSTON BY EMA.
0333 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 TUSCALOOSA METAL SHEET RIPPED OFF
ROOF OF HOUSE REPORTED BY
EMA.
0540 PM HOKES BLUFF AL .75 INCH HAIL
11/07/96 ETOWAH DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
IN HOKES BLUFF BY SHERIFF.
0620 PM HANOVER AL TORNADO
11/07/96 COOSA UNCONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR
HANOVER...NUMEROUS TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN AND
TRAILER ROLLED OVER.
0632 PM AL TORNADO
11/07/96 COOSA UNCONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR
STEWARTVILLE...TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN AND
MOBILE HOME DAMAGE.hThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Nov 7, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 37 min |
| Nov 7, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 45 min |
| Nov 7, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 35 min |
| Nov 7, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 50 min |
| Nov 7, 7:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 28 min |
| Nov 7, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 27 min |
| Nov 7, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 49 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.