Tornado Warning 81, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Sep 16, 1996, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 1996, 10:45 AM CDT

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Marshall 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 KHSV 161449
TORHSV
ALC095-161545-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
949 AM CDT MON SEP 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MARSHALL COUNTY
 
AT 945 THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE AND AT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTH OF HEBRON IN NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY.
 
THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS REPLALCES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARSHALL COUNTY.
 
 
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.