Tornado Warning 43, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 3, 1997, 12:45 AM CST (06:45 UTC)

Expired

Mar 3, 1997, 1:45 AM CST

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence 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 KHSV 030644 RRA
TORHSV
ALC033-059-077-079-030745-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1245 AM CST MON MAR 3 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...COLBERT COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 1240 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HUNTSVILLE INDICATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY CONTAINING TORNADOS NEAR ROCKWOOD AND ISBELL IN
FRANKLIN COUNTY...SOUTHWEST OF COLBERT HEIGHTS AND WEST OF
TUSCUMBIA...AND NEAR KILLEN AND GREENHILL IN EASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY.
 
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR RzOOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes 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.