Winter Weather, Upper Baldwin
- When
- February 3, 1:00 AM CST to 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Upper Baldwin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
Winter Weather in Alabama, February 3, 1996
WPMI'S (CHANNEL 15) TRANSMITTER WAS KNOCKED OFF THE AIR BY ICE ACCUMULATING ON THE TRANSMITTER AND CAUSING THE TRANSMITTER TO OVERHEAT AND MALFUNCTION. THE STATION WAS OFF THE AIR FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
WPMI'S (CHANNEL 15) TRANSMITTER WAS KNOCKED OFF THE AIR BY ICE ACCUMULATING ON THE TRANSMITTER AND CAUSING THE TRANSMITTER TO OVERHEAT AND MALFUNCTION. THE STATION WAS OFF THE AIR FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. IRONICALLY, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER THE STATION SWITCHED FROM THE LOCAL FOX AFFILIATE TO THE NBC AFFILIATE. THERE WERE LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA WHEN THE ICE ACCUMULATED AND WPMI'S TOWER WAS THE HIGHEST AROUND (1700 FEET).
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1996
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, February 3, 1996
- Cold in South Carolina, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Ice Storm in Oregon, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Texas, February 3 to 4, 1996
- Cold in Georgia, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Avalanche and Flood in Alaska, February 3 to 10, 1996
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, February 3, 1996
- Flood in California, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Georgia, February 3 to 5, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, February 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5541725.