Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
415 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 1989

MONTGOMERY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN INTENSITY
OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA AT 4 PM CDT. SEVERAL OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. ALSO SINCE THE GROUND
IS ALREADY SOAKED FROM LAST WEEKS HEAVY RAINS LOCAL FLOODING CAN
BE EXPECTED IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER AUTAUGA...ELMORE...COVINGTON...
CRENSHAW...COFFEE...PIKE...AND BARBOUR COUNTIES ALABAMA. ANOTHER
THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA STATE LINE AND WILL
BE MOVING INTO HOUSTON COUNTY SHORTLY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR..

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
513 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF ALABAMA. THIS WATCH DOES INCLUDE MARION COUNTY.

AT 512 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CENTREVILLE INDICATED A SMALL BUT
STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SHELBY COUNTY NEAR THE TOWNS OF WESTOVER AND
VINCENT MOVING TOWARDS TALLADEGA COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED
BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE
CENTRAL COUNTIES...MAINLY NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM...NORTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA
...AND IN SOUTHERN MARENGO COUNTY.

SINCE THE AIR IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP RAPIDLY. THEREFORE YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM SHOULD FORM IN YOUR AREA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
610 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF ALABAMA. THIS WATCH DOES INCLUDE MARION COUNTY.

AT 610 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CENTREVILLE INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN NEAR TALLADEGA MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST. THE TALLADEGA COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WITH THE STORM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS MOUNT CHEAHA
AND THE ANNISTON/OXFORD AREA.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM
JASPER TO SPRINGVILLE...MOVING TOWARDS CULLMAN...ONEONTA AND GADSDEN.
OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MARENGO COUNTY...MAINLY
NEAR LINDEN.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE WILL BE AFFECTING THE
NORTHWEST COUNTIES WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
.
IF A THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING YOUR AREA...YOU NEED TO SEEK SHELTER
INDOO/RS DUE TO THE LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
615 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 1989

MONTGOMERY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
IN A NARROW BAND OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
802 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 1989

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WARNING FOR EASTERN CALHOUN AND CLEBURNE
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 8 PM CDT.

AT 802 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE
AT ANY TIME...WERE LOCATED OVER CHEROKEE AND NORTHERN CLEBURNE
COUNTIES...IN EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN ST CLAIR AND
TALLADEGA COUNTIES...AND BETWEEN DEMOPOLIS AND CENTREVILLE.

IF YOU ARE NEAR OR IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED
FOR DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND SOME HAIL.

AN AREA OF STORMS OVER SUMTER...GREENE...AND HALE COUNTIES WAS MOVING
VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST. SINCE THE RAINFALL IS HEAVY...YOU NEED TO BE
ALERT FOR LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION
SINCE THEIR CAR COULD HYDROPLANE IF IT IS MOVING TOO FAST.
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A REMINDER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12
MIDNIGHT FOR THE NORTH HALF OF ALABAMA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
835 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH HALF OF
ALABAMA UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT C