Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Birmingham, AL

July 25, 1988Blount County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1988, 6:48 PM CDT for Blount County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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 25, 1988, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1988, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Blount 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 7:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Blount, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.