Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1999, 3:32 PM CST for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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
- Jan 22, 1999, 3:32 PM CST (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1999, 4:20 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winston County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 3:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Lynn, AL | Trees and power lines were downed near the city of Lynn. Small hail of unknown size was also reported. |
| Jan 22, 4:05 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Double Spgs, AL | High wind knocked a few branches off trees and several trees. Sheriff had his car blown off the road and debris was seen flying through the air. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KBHM 222134 RRA TORBHM ALC133-222220- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 332 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WINSTON COUNTY... IN NORTHERN ALABAMA * UNTIL 420 PM CST * AT 331 PM CST... A TORNADO WAS DETECTED...BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR...NEAR THE ELDGRIDGE AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 45 MPH. * TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...NATURAL BRIDGE AND WEST OF DOUBLE SPRINGS BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:15 PM. IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 22, 2:39 PM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
339 PM CDT FRI JAN 22 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM AL .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 PICKENS NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN
MCSHAN COMMUNITY...5 MILES
SE OF ETHELSVILLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 1:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 61 min |
| Jan 22, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 63 min |
| Jan 22, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 60 min |
| Jan 22, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin, Marion | 65 min |
| Jan 22, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 61 min |
| Jan 22, 4:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 4:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 4:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Winston | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 66 min |
| Jan 22, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Walker | 36 min |
| Jan 22, 4:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 4:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 5:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 5:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 62 min |
| Jan 22, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 65 min |
| Jan 22, 5:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 62 min |
| Jan 22, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 5:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 65 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.