From April 3, 1974…the Marion County Warning…

There are historic warnings from the night of April 3, 1974. No severe weather is occurring in Alabama tonight.

BULLETIN
TORNADO WARNING
EANS REQUESTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
ISSUED 9 PM CDT WED APR 3 1974

A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST ALABAMA COUNTIES OF LAMAR …MARION …FRANKLIN … LAUDERDALE AND LAWRENCE.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS INTENSIFIED AGAIN OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 65 TO 70 MPH.

RADAR AT JACKSON MISSISSIPPI REPORTS LARGE HAIL IS INDICATED IN THE SULLIGENT WINFIELD AREA OF LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES.

CENTREVILLE RADAR REPORTS A HOOK ECHO INDICATING A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN GUIN IN SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY.

TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER…PLACE AN EMERGENCY COLLECT CALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ON 870-1811.

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SEVERE STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
905 PM CDT WED APR 3 1974

WAPI RADIO BIRMINGHAM REPORTS SOME DEATHS IN JASPER FROM TORNADOES THAT STRUCK AT 745 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NUMBER UNKNOWN. SOWNTOWAN JASPER AND WEST JASPER WAS HARDEST HIT. NUMEROUS INJURIES.

ALL AVAILABLE HELP REQUESTED. DAMAGE APPARENTLY HEAVY.

HAM RADIO OPERATORS CONFIRMS REPORTS FROM AIRPORT MANAGER AT JASPER THAT WALKER COUNTYT COURTHHOUSE HAS BEEN DAMAGED…NUMEROUS STORES DAMAGED AND AT LEAST ONE DESTROYED. NO POWER AT AIRPORT. LAST SIGHTING OF TORNADO FROM JASPER AIRPORT AT 745 PM CDT.

FURTHER INFORMATION AS SOON AS CAN BE RECEIVED.

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