Tornado Warning 16, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 6, 1996, 4:19 AM CST (10:19 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 1996, 5:00 AM CST

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Lowndes County, AL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 061021
TORBHM
ALC085-061100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
419 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
 
   ...LOWNDES COUNTY
 
AT 420 AM CST A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ENTERING SOUTHWEST
LOWNDES COUNTY NEAR FARMERSVILLE AND FOSTORIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.