Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1997, 1:30 AM CST for Cherokee County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 29, 1997, 1:30 AM CST (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1997, 2:05 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 1:50 AM CST | Hail 1.75 | Gaylesville, 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 290730 RRA SVRBHM ALC019-290805- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 AM CST SAT MAR 29 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 205 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHERN ALABAMA ...CHEROKEE AT 128 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR BLUFF MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... CEDAR BLUFF AROUND 130 AM CST GAYLESVILLE AROUND 133 AM CST IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORM IN A STRONG BUILDING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER. DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR OTHER ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. THESE ATTRACT LIGHTNING. DO NOT 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 12:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 66 min |
| Mar 29, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 1:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 1:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 62 min |
| Mar 29, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 20 min |
| Mar 29, 2:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 2:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 64 min |
| Mar 29, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 49 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.