Tornado Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 6, 1996, 4:12 AM CST (10:12 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 1996, 5:00 AM CST

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Autauga County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KBHM 061014
TORBHM
ALC001-061100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
412 AM CST WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...AUTAUGA COUNTY
 
AT 410 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO OVER NORTHERN DALLLAS COUNTY...JUST
NORTHWEST OF BURNSVILLE. THIS STORM HAS REPORTEDLY PRODUCED DAMAGE IN A
TRAILER PARK JUST NORTH OF SELMA.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO
AUTAUGA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.  THE STORM WILL TRACK NEAR
BONITA...BILLINGSLY AND WHITE CITY BY 445 AM.  THIS STORM REMAINS VERY
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THESE AREAS.
 
 
 
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.

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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.