Tornado Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1250 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988

      ...SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS A THREAT FOR ALABAMA...

A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY PUSH INTO ALABAMA
LATER TODAY. EVEN THOUGH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR
IN ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...BEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT MORE WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER WILL DEVELOP LATE THIfS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

YOU ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...AND TO MONITOR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO..OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS...
AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
120 PM CST NOV 4 1988

...AT 105PM CST...A PORTION OF A NURSING HOME ROOF BLOWN OFF AT
   CENTRE, ALABAMA. NO INJURIES REPORTED. SOME POWER LINES AND A FEW
   TREES WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN. REPORT FROM GADSDEN EMA AND CENTRE PD.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
345 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ERUPT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA...
WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME QUITE STRONG
SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE STATE.

HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH SMALL HAIL... WERE OVER TALLAPOOSA...
LEE AND PIKE COUNTIES. AT 2 25PM CST PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST
EAST OF TUSKEGEE IN MACON COUNTY.
THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY SURFACE
WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT AS THE POTENTIAL
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FCOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR STAY TUNED
TO THE LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
300 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST ALABAMA
UNTIL 800 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY
SCATTERED ACROSS ALABAMA WITH EVEN STRONGER STORMS ON THE WAY.

AT 310 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN
CENTRAL ALABAMA WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN FAYETTE...NORTHERN PICKENS
...AND SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN
SHELBY COUNTY JUST WEST OF ALABASTER AND RANDOLPH COUNTY JUST EAST
OF WADLEY.

PEA SIZE HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN CENTERPOINT JsUST NORTHEAST
OF BIRMINGHAM. YOU SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL
RADIO..OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
530 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ALABAMA UNTIL 11PM
CST...
AT 5 30PM CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW
OF THEM STRONG AND CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL
OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

TO THE NORTHWEST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH
OF BIRMINGHAM SOUTHWESTWARD INTO MISSISSIPPI NEAR MERIDIAN. THE LINE
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SLOWLY. NUMEROUS WARNINGS AND REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THIS LINE.
PERSONS IN SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT AS THE POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES REMAINS HIGH FOR THIS EVENING
AND EARLIER TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL OVER MONTGOMERY...LOWNDES AND
COVINGTON COUNTIES WERE RECORDED BETWEEN 4 10 AND 4 40PM CST.