Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
305 PM CST WED MAR 18 1987

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA WERE PRODUCING
HAIL AT BLUFF PARK AND EASTWOOD MALL JUST BEFORE 3 PM CST.
SOME OF THE HAIL WAS MARBLE SIZE.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST
EDGE OF THE CITY. THEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH EAST
JEFFERSON AND ST CLAIR COUNTIES BETWEEN 3PM AND 4 PM.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH BLOUNT COUNTY NORTH
OF ONEONTA MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY
MOVE NORTHEAST POSSIBLY INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ETOWAH
COUNTY.

STILL ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE NORTH EDGE
OF CULLMAN COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF CULLMAN.

...BECAUSE OF COLD AIR ALOFT...IT DOES NOT TAKE A VERY STRONG
   THUNDERSTORM TO PRODUCE SMALL TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL TODAY.
   MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THAT HAD HAIL GO UP TO
   A HEIGHT OF ONLY 25 THOUSAND FEET. NORMALLY THIS WOULD
   BE ONLY AN ORDINARY MODERATE THUNDERSHOWER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY, AL
320 PM CST WED MAR 18 1987

AT 315 PM CST MONTGOMERY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
10 TO 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM BIRMINGHAM SOUTH ACROSS SELMA TO
NEAR WHATLEY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF SELMA AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHATLEY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

THIS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE
AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP.