Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1996, 8:50 AM CST for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 6, 1996, 8:50 AM CST (14:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1996, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barbour County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 061453 TORBHM ALC005-061530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 850 AM CST WED MAR 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ...BARBOUR COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER SOUTHWEST BARBOUT COUNTY SOUTH OF CLIO. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR TEXASVILLE AND BAKERHILL. 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.
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, Mar 6, 4:37 AM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes 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.
Local storm report, Mar 6, 6:00 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 AM CST WED MAR 06 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
510 AM CITY OF MONTGOMERY AL
03/06/96 MONTGOMERY
DIME SIZE HAIL SOUTH MONTGOMERY. HOMES DAMAGED IN CITY OF MONTGOMERY.
NUMEROUS HOME AND BUSINESSES DAMAGED. ROOFS BLOWN FROM SEVERAL
APARTMENTS AND SEVERAL OTHERS ONLY PARTIAL ROOFS REMAIN. MOST OF THE
DAMAGE APPARENTLY OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PART OF THE CITY
OF MONTGOMERY ESPECIALLY IN THE NORMANDALE AREA. NORMANDALE MALL
EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. SEVERAL TREES REPORTED ON HOMES. EIGHTEEN WHEELER
BLOWN OFF INTERSTATE 65. NUMEROC
tTERSTATE 65. NUMEROUS SIGNS BLOWN DOWN. TWO HOME SEVERLY
DAMAGED TO THE POINT UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF MOBILE HOMES OR HOUSES.
INJURIES UNKNOWN OR NOT REPORTED AT THIS TIME.Local storm report, Mar 6, 6:02 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 AM CST WED MAR 06 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
245 AM CORDOVA AL MARBLE SIZE HAI.
03/06/96 WALKER
351 AM DALLAS? AL ALABAMA POWER REPORTS A
03/06/96 POWER LOCKOUT BETWEEN SELMA
AND DEMOPOLIS.
451 AM DALLAS AL DALLAS CO SHERIFF REPORTS A
TRAILER PARK HIT JUST NORTH
OF SELMA. AT LEAST 2 TRAILERS
2 HIT.
...MORE REPORTS TO FOLLOW...Local storm report, Mar 6, 6:10 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 AM CST WED MAR 06 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
510 AM CITY OF MONTGOMERY AL
03/06/96 MONTGOMERY
DIME SIZE HAIL SOUTH MONTGOMERY. HOMES DAMAGED IN CITY OF MONTGOMERY.
NUMEROUS HOME AND BUSINESSES DAMAGED. ROOFS BLOWN FROM SEVERAL
APARTMENTS AND SEVERAL OTHERS ONLY PARTIAL ROOFS REMAIN. MOST OF THE
DAMAGE APPARENTLY OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PART OF THE CITY
OF MONTGOMERY ESPECIALLY IN THE NORMANDALE AREA. NORMANDALE MALL
EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. SEVERAL TREES REPORTED ON HOMES. EIGHTEEN WHEELER
BLOWN OFF INtTERSTATE 65. NUMEROUS SIGNS BLOWN DOWN. TWO HOME SEVERLY
DAMAGED TO THE POINT UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF MOBILE HOMES OR HOUSES.
INJURIES UNKNOWN OR NOT REPORTED AT THIS TIME.Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:57 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
ALZ025-027>029-033>038-040-054-055-061400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 657 AM CST WED MAR 6 1996 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 56 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...SHELBY...TALLADEGA...CLAY...RANDOLPH...BIBB...CHILTON... COOSA...TALLAPOOSA...CHAMBERS...PERRY...DALLAS...WILCOX...AND MONROE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 54 min |
| Mar 5, 9:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 60 min |
| Mar 5, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 69 min |
| Mar 6, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 64 min |
| Mar 6, 1:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 3:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 31 min |
| Mar 6, 3:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 3:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 4:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 48 min |
| Mar 6, 4:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 4:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 5:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 5:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 5:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 63 min |
| Mar 6, 5:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 69 min |
| Mar 6, 6:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 38 min |
| Mar 6, 7:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lawrence | 66 min |
| Mar 6, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 66 min |
| Mar 6, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 50 min |
| Mar 6, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Mar 6, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 35 min |
| Mar 6, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 4:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 68 min |
| Mar 6, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 59 min |
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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.