Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Feb 21, 1997, 6:32 AM CST (12:32 UTC)

Expired

Feb 21, 1997, 7:30 AM CST

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence 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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ALC033-077-079-211330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
632 AM CST FRI FEB 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...EASTERN COLBERT COUNTY...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 630 AM...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FLORENCE IN
LAUDERDALE COUNTY TO NEAR LEIGHTON IN COLBERT COUNTY TO MOUNT HOPE IN
SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 30
MPH.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBERb
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.