Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Apr 22, 1997, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)

Expired

Apr 22, 1997, 2:50 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Sumter 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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SVRBHM
ALC063-065-091-119-221950-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
202 PM CDT TUE APR 22 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 250 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...GREENE
   ...HALE
   ...MARENGO
   ...SUMTER
 
AT 200 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE EUTAW...TO JUST EAST OF LIVINGSTON...TO THE
WHITFIELD AREA.  THE STORMS WERE EAST 45 MILES AN HOUR.  MOST
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS.  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL 
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
 
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 fALERT FOR
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.