Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 2, 1997, 11:35 PM CST (05:35 UTC)

Expired

Mar 3, 1997, 12:15 AM CST

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Marion 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 030537 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC093-030615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1135 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 1135 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN PORTIONS OF MARION COUNTY FROM
MISSISSIPPI.  THIS LINE SHOULD BE NEAR HAMILTON AROUND 1155 PM.
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS LINE SHOULD BE HIGH WINDS.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING..R.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.