More Bulletins from April 3, 1974…

These reports are from April 3, 1974…

Severe weather is not occurring in Alabama tonight…

BULLETIN
TORNADO WARNING
EANS REQUESTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
ISSUED 930 PM CDT WED APR 3 1974

A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST ALABAMA COUNTIES OF WINSTON…LAWRENCE…MARION…FRANKLIN.

A VERY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COVERS MOST OF MARION COUNTY MOVING TOWARDTHE NORTHEAST AT 65-70 MPH.

CENTREVILLE RADAR INDICATES THREE WELL DEFINED HOOK ECHOES INDICATING POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN THIS HUGE STROM AND VERY LARGE HAIL IS INDICATED.

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BULLETIN
TORNADO WARNING
EANS REQUESTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
ISSUED 950 PM CDT WED APR 3 1974

A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN BLOUNT AND NORTHERN ETOWAH COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

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.

A CIVIL DEFENSE UNIT REPORTS A TORNADO NOT QUITE TOUCHING THE GROUND AT SELFVILLE IN SOUTHWEST BLOUNT COUNTY…22 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIRMINGHAM AT 945 PM CDT. THE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH AND IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF ONEONTA.

AN ADDITIONAL REPORT FROM WINSTON COUNTY…

CENTERVILLE RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HOOK ECHO INDICATING POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHERN WINSTON COUNTY IS MOVING NORTHEAST IN EXCESS OF 120 MPH. WINSTON COUNTY IS ALREADY UNDER A WARNING. SO IS LAUDERDALE COUNTY. LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT.

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It is interesting to see the difference in communication today. The Guin tornado struck at 9:04 p.m. It would be two and one half hours before the report was received at the National Weather Service.

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