Tornado Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1225 PM CDT MON APR 25 1988

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN LAMAR AND WESTERN
MARION COUNTY. THE STATE POLICE HAVE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN
DETROIT OF NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY AROUND 1215 PM. THE STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT OVER 60 MPH AND WILL BE EFFECTING HAMILTON AND LATER
THE CITY OF BRILLIANT.

AT 1225 PM CDT...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN
LAMAR COUNTY JUST EAST OF MILLPORT...NORTHEAST FAYETTE COUNTY...AND
JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF ANNISTON.

VIVID LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT qTO CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1245 PM CDT MON APR 25 1988

AT 1240 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN LINE FROM THE ALABAMA STATE
LINE EAST...TO FIVE MILES SOUTH OF BERRY IN SOUTH FAYETTE AND LAMAR
COUNTIES. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST WALKER COUNTY...AND
ACROSS CENTRAL MARION COUNTY ABOUT TEN MILES EAST OF HAMILTON.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
ALABAMA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR.

VIVID LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
105 PM CST MON APR 25 1988

...WVTM-TV/CHANNEL 13 REPORTS GOF BALL SIZE HAIL AT GOODSPRINGS
   IN SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY. THE HAIL WAS OCCURRING AT
   1253 PM CDT. GOODSPRINGS IS ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF
   JASPER...AND ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
150 PM CST MON APR 25 1988

...CULLMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL
   AT THE JUNCTION OF INTERSTATE 65 AND STATE ROUTE 157
   JUST NORTHWEST OF CULLMAN AT 143 PM CDT.

...CULLMAN COUNTY EMA REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
   GROUND AT JONES CHAPEL WEST OF CULLMAN AT 144 PM.

...PUBLIC REPORTS HAIL ONE QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH IN
   DIAMATER AT PINSON IN NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY
   AT 148 PM CDT.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
215 PM CST MON APR 25 1988

...ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS REPORTED AT 212 PM CDT THAT HAIL
   WAS COVERING THE GROUND TO A DEPTH OF ONE INCH IN THE
   B'OTTOM COMMUNITY NEAR THE ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT IN
   SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY.

...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SPOTTER REPORTED AT
   213 PM CDT LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AT
   COLDWATER. THIS IS ON INTERSTATE 20 WEST OF ANNISTON.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
228 PM CST MON APR 25 1988

...ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS REPORTED AT 212 PM CDT THAT HAIL
   WAS COVERING THE GROUND TO A DEPTH OF ONE INCH IN THE
   BOTTOM COMMUNITY NEAR THE ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT IN
   SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY.

...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SPOTTER REPORTED AT
   213 PM CDT LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AT
   COLDWATER. THIS IS ON INTERSTATE 20 WEST OF ANNISTON.

...AT 214 PM CDT...LARGE HAIL ONE AND ONE FOURTH INCH IN
   DIAMETER WAS REPORTED BY THE OFFICIAL FAA WEATHER
   STATION AT ANNISTON AIRPORT.

...AT 227 PM...ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS REPORT A LARGE AMOUNT OF
   HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IN CLEBURNE CO0UNTY AT THE
   INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 20 AND U. S. 431.