Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 112, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1996, 7:56 PM CST for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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, 7:56 PM CST (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1996, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, AL
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 080157 TORBHM ALC111-080245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 756 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY A TORNADO INDICATED BY RADAR WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF ROANOKE BY 800 PM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE ROANOKE AREA BETWEEN 800 AND 810 PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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 56 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 36 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 35 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, 50 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, 31 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, 26 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, 7:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 46 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.