Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jan 24, 1997, 7:55 PM CST (01:55 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 1997, 9:00 PM CST

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Jackson County, AL

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TTAA00 KHSV 250155 RRA
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ALC071-250300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
755 PM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 753 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE INDICATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY FROM LANGSTON TO NEAR
ROSALIE. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST MADISON COUNTY WILL
MOVE INTO WESTERN JACKSON NEAR PAINTROCK AND WOODVILLE BY 800 PM CST.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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
DON'T 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 LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY C|HANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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