Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jan 24, 1997, 1:39 PM CST (19:39 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 1997, 2:30 PM CST

In force

51 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 241940
SVRBHM
ALC093-242030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
139 PM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR OVER MARION COUNTY. THE
NORTHERN STORM WAS NORTHWEST OF HAMILTON...AND SHOULD BE NEAR HACKLEBURG
BETWEEN 2 AND 215 PM. THE SECOND STORM WAS SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON...AND
SHOULD BE NEAR HAMILTON AROUND 200 PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THvE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

In the hours before

ALZ052>055-057-241610-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
910 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA
IS HEREBY CANCELLED

WASHINGTON...CLARKE...MONROE...WILCOX...AND BUTLER

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PROVIDING THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER HAS MOVED ON EAST OF THIS AREA.  ADDITIONAL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

ALZ040>043-045-241635-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
934 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS ISSUSED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN ALABAMA IS HEREBY CANCELLED.

DALLAS...AUTAUGA...LOWNDES...ELMORE...MONTGOMERY...MACON

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED
ON EAST AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE WEST.

ALZ058-FLZ001-002-241740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1039 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED FOR THE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IS HEREBY CANCELLED.

CRENSHAW COUNTY IN ALABAMA

ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS PRODUCTING THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS
MOVED EAST. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATER TODAY
AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO APPROACH FROM TVHE WEST.

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.