Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jan 24, 1997, 2:01 PM CST (20:01 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 1997, 2:45 PM CST

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Winston 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
ALC133-242045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
201 PM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN WINSTON COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WAS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
MARION COUNTY EAST OF HAMILTON. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO CROSS INTO
NORTHWEST WINTSON COUNTY...NEAR HALEYVILLE...BETWEEN 215 AND 230 PM.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
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.

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.