Tornado Warning 23, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
800 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT. SOME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA CITIES
INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...FAYETTE...JASPER...TUSCALOOSA...AND
HAMILTON.

AT 8 PM CST RADAR SHOWED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED
SLIGHTLY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES
WEST OF TUSCALOOSA...AND IN THE DOUBLE SPRINGS AREA IN WINSTON COUNTY.
OTHERWISE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS WESTERN THIRD OF
ALABAMA.

AT THIS TIME SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING REPORTED ACROSS SECTIONS OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE
NORTHEAST. THEREFORE PERSONS...PARTICULARLY YOU IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES
...SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL TV....RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. NOW IS A GOOD TIME TOA THINK OF A PLACE
OF SHELTER BEFORE A WARNING IS ISSUED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
850 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT. SOME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA CITIES
INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...FAYETTE...JASPER...TUSCALOOSA...AND
HAMILTON.

AT 850 PM CST RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED IN
INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR JASPER
IN WALKER COUNTY...AND OVER HALE AND MARENGO COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE THERE
WAS A BAND OF LIGHT RAIN MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN WESTERN ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL TV...
RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO SINCE VERY STRONG STORMS WILL BE MOVING IN
FROM MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 10 AND 11 O CLOCK.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
950 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT. SOME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA CITIES
INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...FAYETTE...JASPER...TUSCALOOSA...AND
HAMILTON.

AT 950 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BIRMINGHAM TO CENTREVILLE THEN ON INTO MARENGO
COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN. THEREFORE MOTORISTS
NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS FOR POSSIBLE HYDROPLANING CONDITIONS.

ELSEWHERE ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT TO ENTER
WESTERN ALABAMA FROM MISISSIPPI. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE DONE DAMAGED
ACROSS SECTIONS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THEREFORE PERSON IN WESTERN
ALABAMA...PARTICULARLY IN LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES...NEED TO BE
PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. NOW IS A GOOD TIME
TO THINK OF A PLACE OF SHELTER BEFORE A WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR YOUR LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1040 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 5 AM CST.

AT 1040 PM CST RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS THAT ENTERED LAMAR AND
MARION COUNTIES HAVE WEAKENED. HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING
REPORTED IN EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THEREFORE PERSONS IN WESTERN ALABAMA
NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS ALABAMA LIGHT TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM
CULLMAN TO BIRMINGHAM THROUGH CENTREVILLE TO WEST OF SELMA. MOTORISTS
NEED TO REDUCE THEIR SPEED DUE TO THE EXCESS WATER ON THE ROADS.

PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WITH 1LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1133 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 5 AM CST.

AT 1133 PM CST RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS WERE INCREASING SLIGHTLY
IN INTENSITY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA BORDER. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING SUMTER COUNTY ALABAMA...ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF
LIVINGSTON. THIS STORM PRODUCED ONE INCH HAIL OVER MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.
THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO GREENE COUNTY BY 12 MIDNIGHT.

PERSONS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL TV...
RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE
REST OF THE NIGHT.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS ALABAMA SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED
ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF ALABAMA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDyERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1201 AM CST SUN NOV 20 1988

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA UNTIL 5 AM CST. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA EXPIRED AT 12 MIDNIGHT. THIS WATCH HAS BEEN PLACED HOWEVER BY A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH ALABAMA UNTIL 5 AM.

AT 1200 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WERE LOCATED IN GREENE COUNTY
ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF EUTAW...AND IN EASTERN MISSISSIPPI JUST WEST OF
LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL TV...
RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE
REST OF THE NIGHT. YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WITH LITTLE OR
NO WARNING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.