Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Apr 22, 1997, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)

Expired

Apr 22, 1997, 3:20 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Blount County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Walker 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 221932 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC009-073-127-222020-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 320 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

   ...BLOUNT

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...JEFFERSON
   ...WALKER
 
AT 230 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF WALKER COUNTY.  THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AND INTO BLOUNT
COUNTY.  IN ADDITION...ANOTHER BAND OF SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
PARTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 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 DONT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH L$ITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT 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.