Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 1999, 12:33 AM CST for Autauga County, Chilton County, Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 1999, 12:33 AM CST (06:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 1999, 1:20 AM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Autauga County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Dallas County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:35 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 75 | Autaugaville, AL | One of two thunderstorms that moved diagonally across Autauga County caused trees to be knocked down from the southwest corner of the county to the northeast corner of the county. The most significant damage occurred at a small community called Fig Tree on th |
| Mar 3, 12:40 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Statesville, AL | Several tin-roofed buildings associated with what appeared to be a cotton gin or cotton collection area suffered serious damage with a lot of tin ripped from roofs. A gas station/convenience store at Statesville lost the covering over the gas pumps and there |
| Mar 3, 1:04 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Prattville, AL | Just to the east of State Road (SR) 14 on the southside of Prattville, numerous large trees were uprooted in a residential area. |
| Mar 3, 1:05 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Prattville, AL | A shopping center suffered serious damage when strong wind broke large display windows and seriously damaged the roof. A number of businesses were affected with some of the worst damage at a Hibbetts Sporting Store. Just east of the Premiere Place shopping c |
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 2, 8:26 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
ALZ004>010-013>018-020-024>026-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 826 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ALABAMA ...LAWRENCE... LIMESTONE... MADISON... MORGAN... MARSHALL... JACKSON ...DEKALB... FAYETTE... WINSTON... WALKER... CULLMAN... BLOUNT ...ETOWAH... CHEROKEE... JEFFERSON... SHELBY... ST. CLAIR THE AIRMASS OVER THIS REGION HAS BECOME MORE STABLE THIS EVENING. ONLY GENERAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 8:26 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
ALZ004>010-013>018-020-024>026-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 826 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ALABAMA ...LAWRENCE... LIMESTONE... MADISON... MORGAN... MARSHALL... JACKSON ...DEKALB... FAYETTE... WINSTON... WALKER... CULLMAN... BLOUNT ...ETOWAH... CHEROKEE... JEFFERSON... SHELBY... ST. CLAIR THE AIRMASS OVER THIS REGION HAS BECOME MORE STABLE THIS EVENING. ONLY GENERAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 9:05 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
ALZ001>003-011-012-022-023-030340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 905 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ALABAMA ...LAUDERDALE... COLBERT... FRANKLIN... MARION... LAMAR... PICKENS ...TUSCALOOSA
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 9:05 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
ALZ001>003-011-012-022-023-030340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 905 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ALABAMA ...LAUDERDALE... COLBERT... FRANKLIN... MARION... LAMAR... PICKENS ...TUSCALOOSA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 9:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 12:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 1:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 1:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 1:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 1:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon, Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 1:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 1:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 1:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 1:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 1:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 2:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 2:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 2:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 2:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 3:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 18 min |
| Mar 3, 2:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Quitman, Stewart | 61 min |
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Sources
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.