Tornado Warning 19, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
436 AM CST (536 AM EST) WED MAR 6 1996

...RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF
ALABAMA...AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING.  THIS UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WAS INTERACTING WITH THE WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE...
ACROSS THE AREA.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THESE REST OF
THE MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF ALABAMA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA.  THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH
STORMS THIS MORNING AND DAMAGE TO TRAILERS IN DALLAS COUNTY ALABAMA.
THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES IS REAL AND
YOU SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER NOW.  A
TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
THROUGH 1000 AM THIS MORNING.

THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...A
SECOND STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND
INTO THURSDAY MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER.  THE
ATMOSPHERE ACROSS ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO BE WARM AND UNSTABLE. THE MAIN THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WILL BE ACROSS THE PARTS
OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE WEATHER TO OCCUR ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF ALABAMA...WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT

PLEASE KEEP UPDATED ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH
THURSDAY.