Tornado Warning 77, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Sep 16, 1996, 6:45 AM CDT (11:45 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 1996, 7:30 AM CDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Lamar 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 161145
TORBHM
ALC075-161230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
645 AM CDT MON SEP 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 644 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT A TORNADO MAY BE
DEVELOPING EAST OF ABERDEEN MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AND WILL ENTER INTO LAMAR COUNTY BY 650 AM CDT. THIS STORM
WILL PASS NEAR OR JUST TO THE NORTH OF SULLIGENT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM NEED TO TAKE COVER NOW.
 
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.

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.