Tornado Warning 25, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 6, 1996, 3:14 PM CST (21:14 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 1996, 4:00 PM CST

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Blount County, AL, Jefferson 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 062117
TORBHM
ALC073-009-062200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
314 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BLOUNT COUNTY
 
AT 313 RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE BLOUNT/JEFFERSON
COUNTY LINE CONTINUED TO GAIN STRENGTH...AND MAY NOW CONTAIN A TORNADO.
THE STORM WAS NEAR WARRIOR...AND WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. TRAFFORD
AND REMLAP ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
THIS TORNADO WARNING UPGRADES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
EARLIER FOR THESE COUNTIES.
 
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.

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.