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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 22, 1988Limestone County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1988, 10:16 PM CDT for Limestone County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 1988, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 1988, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Limestone County, AL, Morgan 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, May 22, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
615 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 1988

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL
   AND WESTERN ALABAMA...

AT 615 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ABOUT 50 MILES FROM THE ALABAMA BORDER. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REQUIRED FOR
PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TOWARD
THE ALABAMA BORDER AND CONDITIONS DO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT.

ALSO AT 615 PM...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED.

PEOPLE IN ALABAMA SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER
CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.  IF A WARNING IS ISSUED
OR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO HEAD IMMEDIATELY
FOR SAFE SHELTER.

Special weather statement, May 22, 7:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
715 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 1988

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL
   AND WESTERN ALABAMA...

AT 715 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI...ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES FROM THE ALABAMA BORDER. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REQUIRED FOR
PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING EXTREME WESTERN
PORTIONS OF ALABAMA.

AT 715 PM CDT...SHOWERS OVER THE REMAINDER OF ALABAMA HAD DISSIPATED
BUT THE AIR REMAINED EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE.

PEOPLE IN ALABAMA SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER
CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.  IF A WARNING IS ISSUED
OR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO HEAD IMMEDIATELY
FOR SAFE SHELTER.

Special weather statement, May 22, 7:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
725 PM CDT MON MAY 16 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER EAST
CENTRAL ALABAMA AT 720 PM CDT. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH
ALABAMA AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN
MISSISSIPPI...AND THAT ACTIVITY WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST ALABAMA LATER
THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO...OR
THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, May 22, 9:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 9:54 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 10:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	66 min
May 22, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion	59 min
May 22, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	40 min
May 22, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	48 min
May 22, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	63 min
May 22, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	44 min
May 22, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	54 min
May 22, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Madison	67 min
May 23, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	34 min
May 23, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Perry	57 min
May 23, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	64 min

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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.