Tornado Warning 31, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1145 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL
   500 PM CST THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER EXPECTS AN OUTBREAK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF
SOME VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDSTORMS.
FOR THIS REASON A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST
ALABAMA VALID UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WATCHES FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE
STATE MAY ALSO HAVE TO BE ISSUED LATER IN THE DAY.

AT 1145 AM...THERE WERE JUST A FEW SMALL PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN
OVER NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA BUT THE MAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
REMAINED TO THE WEST. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS CURRENTLY
OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. RESIDENTS ALL ACROSS ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
COVER WHEN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
110 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL
   500 PM CST THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

AT 110 PM CST ONLY A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER A PORTION
OF WEST ALABAMA. HOWEVER HEAVIER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE INDICATED OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
JUST A FEW MILES WEST OF COLBERT COUNTY IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
MISSISSIPPI EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THUNDERSTORMS
WEST OF ALABAMA WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 60 MPH.

DURING THE NEXT HOUR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST
PORTION OF ALABAMA. IT WILL LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN ANOTHER SURGE OF
THUNDERSTORMS SPREADS INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM MISSISSIPPI.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
150 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL
   500 PM CST THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI WERE MOVING CLOSER
TO ALABAMAS WESTERN COUNTIES.

AT 150 PM CST...RAIN HAD SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA REACHING FROM
THE NORTHWEST CORNER SOUTHWARD TO LAMAR COUNTY. WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WEST AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI MOVING
RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. EVEN STRONGER AND MORE NUMEROUS STORMS WERE
FURTHER WEST EXTENDING INTO LOUISIANA AND EASTERN ARKANSAS.
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THE TORNADO WATCH CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA WILL LIKELY
BE EXTENDED AND EXPANDED TO COVER OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
235 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL
   500 PM CST...

THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...WERE IN EASTERN MISSISSIPPI MOVING TOWARD
NORTHWEST ALABAMA. AT 235 PM ONLY LIGHT RAIN WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON IN MARION COUNTY AND TO THE
NORTH OF DEMOPOLIS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING SOME OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES
BY 330 PM. PERSONS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THEIR LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO THINK OF A PLACE OF
SHELTER BEFORE THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
315 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA
   UNTIL 500 PM CST...

THE THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...THAT WERE IN EASTERN MISSISSIPPI HAVE
WEAKENED SOME AS THEY MOVED INTO WESTERN ALABAMA. AT 315 PM
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WERE
LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON IN MARION COUNTY AND NEAR COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI
MOVING INTO LAMAR COUNTY.

PERSONS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...PARTICULARLY IN THE WEST CENTRAL
COUNTIES...SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD
TIME TO THINK OF A PLACE OF SHELTER BEFORE THE WEATHER BECOMES
THREATENING.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
410 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA
   UNTIL 500 PM CST...

THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW VERY STRONG...WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN ALABAMA.
AT 410 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS MARION...LAMAR AND
FAYETTE COUNTIES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING....BLINDING RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS
APPROACHING 50 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO
PICKENS AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES SHORTLY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 45 MPH.

DUE TO THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...PERSONS IN NORTH AND5 CENTRAL
ALABAMA...PARTICULARLY IN THE WEST CENTRAL COUNTIES...SHOULD CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.