Tornado Warning 29, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 6, 1996, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 1996, 5:45 PM CST

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KBHM 062255
TORBHM
ALC027-029-062345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
452 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY...SOUTHERN CLEBURNE COUNTY
 
AT 450 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO
MOVING INTO THE CHEAHA STATE PARK AREA ALONG THE CLAY AND CLEBURNE
COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH
AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CHEAHA STATE PARK...AND TO THE DELTA AND HOLLIS
CROSSROADS AREAS BY 515 PM.
 
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 COVER2 YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

In the hours before

ALZALL-GAZ089-090-102-120-FLZ001>015-071000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
415 PM CST (515 PM EST) WED MAR 6 1996

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

EVEN THOUGH A LARGE PORTION OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA HAS BEEN DEALING
WITH SEVERE WEATHER SINCE LAST NIGHT, THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM IS STILL
HEADED TOWARDS THE GULF COAST REGION AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.  A STRONG ARCTIC COLD
FRONT OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA THIS EVENING, INTO SOUTH ALABAMA AND WEST
GEORGIA AFTER MIDNIGHT, AND INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA THURSDAY MORNING.
A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING ALONG THIS
FRONT AND WILL ENTER ALABAMA THIS EVENING AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD
ACROSS REGION.

THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES IS POSSIBLE
WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.  PRECAUTIONS FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.  PERSONS IN
MOBILE HOMES SHOULD HAVE A STORM SHELTER OR SECURE BUILDING PLACE TO
MOVE TO IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.  SEVERAL FATALITIES AND
NUMEROUS INJURIES OCCURRED IN A MOBILE HOME PARK EARLY THIS MORNING
IN SOUTH ALABAMA.

PLEASE KEEP UPDATED ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.