Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Feb 21, 1997, 6:05 AM CST (12:05 UTC)

Expired

Feb 21, 1997, 7:00 AM CST

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Winston 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.

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TTAA00 KBHM 211205 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC133-211300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
605 AM CST FRI FEB 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...WINSTON COUNTY
 
AT 605 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS MARION COUNTY FROM THE BEAR CREEK TO GUIN AREAS. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT MOST
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.