Severe Thunderstorm Warning 238, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Apr 22, 1997, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)

Expired

Apr 22, 1997, 3:40 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Autauga County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Lowndes 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 221953 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC001-047-085-222040-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 340 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...AUTAUGA
   ...DALLAS
   ...LOWNDES
 
AT 250 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY IN THE SALEM AREA.  THE
STORMS WILL AFFECT MOST COMMUNITIES ACROSS DALLAS...LOWNDES...AND
AUTAUGA COUNTIES.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  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 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.