Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 71, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1996, 2:39 PM CDT for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1996, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1996, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elmore County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Eclectic, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 291941 TORBHM ALC051-292015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 239 PM CDT MON APR 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...ELMORE COUNTY AT 239 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY NORTH OF WETUMKA NEAR ECLECTIC MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 68 min |
| Apr 29, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 30 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996
Sources
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.