Tornado Warning 20, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 6, 1996, 5:51 AM CST (11:51 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 1996, 7:00 AM CST

In force

69 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lee County, AL, Russell 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.

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TTAA00 KBHM 061153
TORBHM
ALC081-113-061300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
551 AM CST WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...LEE COUNTY...RUSSELL COUNTY
 
WEATHER CONTINUED TO SHOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG POTENTIAL FOR
DAMAGING WIND OR TORNADOES MOVING THROUGH MACON COUNTY THAT WILL BE
AFFECTING LEE COUNTY AND RUSSELL COUNTY IN THE NEXT 15 TO 25 MINUTES.
THE PATH OF THE STORM WILL TAKE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN PORTION
OF RUSSELL COUNTY. PHENIX CITY IS ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THIS THREAT.
 
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.

In the hours before

ALZALL-GAZ089-090-102-120-FLZ001>015-061115-

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.

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996

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.