Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1987, 8:38 PM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 1987, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 1987, 9:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cullman County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Sep 10, 2:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 251 PM CDT THU SEP 10 1987 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN ALABAMA. AT 250 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAINFALL...AND STRONG WINDS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME EASTERN MISSISSIPPI NEAR MACON MISSISSIPPI MOVING INTO PICKENS COUNTY...AND 15 MILES WEST OF HAMILTON MOVING INTO MARION COUNTY. PERSONS IN PICKENS AND MARION COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS MOVE TO THE EAST- NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDER CITY IN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY AND NEAR JASPER IvN WALKER COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 350 PM CDT THU SEP 10 1987 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA. AT 350 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS WAS LOCATED IN MARION COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HAMILTON. PERSONS IN MARION COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING MARION AND WESTERN WINSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED NEAR SPRINGVILLE IN ST CLAIR COUNTY AND IN SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS NEAR ALICEVILLE IN PICKENS COUNTY HAS DISSIPATED INTO A LIGHT RAIN SHOWER.
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 5:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 540 PM CDT THU SEP 10 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 540 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN TALLADEGA AND SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS WEST AND NORTHWEST OF ANNISTON. OTHER THUN$DERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED AROUND JEMISON IN CHILTON COUNTY AND IN WALKER COUNTY AROUND THE CARBON HILL AREA. IN ADDITION...A NEW STORM WAS BEGINNING TO FORM TO THE WEST OF CULLMAN.
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.