Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 1997, 1:03 AM CST for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 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
- Feb 27, 1997, 1:03 AM CST (07:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 1997, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:34 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 12:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 523 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 KHSV 270703 RRA SVRHSV ALC033-077-270800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 103 AM CST THU FEB 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...COLBERT COUNTY...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 1259 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRECHING FROM NORTH OF WATERLOO IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY INTO SOUTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY. 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT ALLSBORO IN WESTERN COLBERT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 55 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER 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 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 47 min |
| Feb 27, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 58 min |
| Feb 27, 1:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 64 min |
| Feb 27, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 69 min |
| Feb 27, 2:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 60 min |
| Feb 27, 2:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence, Morgan | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.