Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Aug 16, 1986, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1986, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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ALC083-089-103-162100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
254 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
          ..LIMESTONE..MADISON..MORGAN

AT 253PM CDT HUNTSVILLE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST LIMESTONE WEST MADISON AND
CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES AT 30 MPH.
 
THE SEVER THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORGAN AND MADISON IS EXTENED
UNTIL 4PM CDT AND A NEW WARNING IS ISSUED FOR LIMESTONE COUNTY
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE, SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, VERY HEAVY RAIN, AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTILA THE STORM HAS PASSED.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
138 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 1986

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

AT 135PM CDT...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM REFORM IN
PICKENS COUNTY, TO WINFIELD AND HACKLEBURG IN MARION COUNTY, THEN
INTO THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH
PICKENS, LAMAR, MARION AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...THEN INTO TUSCALOOSA,
WALKER AND WINSTON COUNTIES BY 2 PM CDT.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS, BRIEF BUT TORRENTIAL RAIN, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

WIND GUSTS TO 48 MPH WERE RECdORDED AT COLUMBUS MS. AND 42 MPH AT
TUPELO MS. AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH MISSISSIPPI
SHORTLY AFTER NOON.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
245 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986

AT 240 PM CDT
WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A SHORT INTENSE LINE OF THUNDER
STORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTREVILLE TO NEAR CAMDEN IN WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL PASS OVER SELMA VERY SHORTLY.

THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINS AND VERY
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. T,HE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.