Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1987, 1:49 PM CDT for Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1987, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1987, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 1:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Pickens, AL |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1448 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBHM 041849
SVRBHM
ALC107-125-041945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
149 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH ALABAMA
...PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA
RADR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR REFORM IN PICKENS COUNTY
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM DOWNED A TREE NEAR ETHELSVILLE ON
US 82 AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS PICKENS INTO TUSCALOOSA COUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PbROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 9:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 915 AM CDT SAT JUL 04 1987 RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AT 910 AM. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ROCKFORD TO LAKE MARTIN AND INTO WESTERN GEORGIA NEAR LAGRANGE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LAKE MARTIN. THESE STORMS PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL DURING THE NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PLEASE REMAIN ALERT IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR FLOOD PRONE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE PRODUCING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAD%IO FOR LATER INFORMATION. DEVAUGHN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 1055 AM CDT SAT JUL 04 1987 RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AT 1045 AM. THE STORMS WERE IN BANDS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ANDALUSIA TO THE EUFAULA AREA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE FROM ANDALUSIA TO ELBA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL BE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN ...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER RUSSELL COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF PHENIX CITY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MOVING SOUTHEAST. SOUTHEAST ALABAMA REDISENTS SHOULD EXPECT RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DEVAUGHN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
Sources
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.