Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 384, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1997, 5:24 AM CDT for Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1997, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1997, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHSV 171024 RRA SVRHSV ALC033-059-077-171130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 524 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...COLBERT COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 520 THIS MORNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF COLBERT AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LAUDERDALE COUNTYY NEAR FLORENCE DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR WERE INDICATED BY RADAR AND TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH THE PLEALSANT SITE AREA OF WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE 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. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-171300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 325 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997 ...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH...CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF ARKANSAS...TENNESSEE...AND MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE ACROSS YOUR AREA FOR THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO WORK WITH. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE THIS MORNING WITH REDEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAT OF THE SUN WILL HELP PRODUCE MORE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON FURTHER SOUTH AND INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS AND MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-171300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 325 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 1997 ...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH...CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF ARKANSAS...TENNESSEE...AND MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE ACROSS YOUR AREA FOR THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO WORK WITH. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE THIS MORNING WITH REDEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAT OF THE SUN WILL HELP PRODUCE MORE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON FURTHER SOUTH AND INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH2 THE STORMS AND MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.