Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Birmingham, AL

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
 1135 AM CST SUN MARCH 5 1989

...AT 700 AM CST, TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR
   PHIL CAMPBELL IN FRANKLIN COUNTY ALABAMA.
...AT 1005 AM CST, TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT THE WAYSIDE COMMUNITY
   NEAR GUIN IN MARION COUNTY. MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
   55 MPH WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE SAME AREA.
...AT 1005 AM CST, MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE BEAVERTON
   COMMUNITY IN LAMAR C4OUNTY.
...AT 1100 AM CST, TREES WERE BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES IN THE NATURAL
   BRIDGE AND LYNN AREAS OF WINSTON COUNTY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1230 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH 23 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FOR CHILTON...DALLAS...
AND WILCOX COUNTIES OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MOST OF WEST ALABAMA...

AT 1225 PM MONTGOMERY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER WEST AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVED INTO WILCOX COUNTY DURING THE PAST
HOUR.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS STRONG FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THEREFORE...PREPRATIONS FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE.

HILTO)N

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
 243 PM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 23 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

LAUDERADALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...MARION...LAMAR.

THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES TO THE EAST OF THESE COUNTIES.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
3 25 PM CST SUN MAR 05 1989

DALLAS COUNTY...PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SELMA STATE AT 2 45PM CST
DALLAS COUNTY...3 25PM CST GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT MARION
JUNCTION BY AMATUER RADIO PERSONNEL.
DALLAS COUNTY SEVERAL WALL CLOUDS REPORTED AROUND DALLAS COUNTY WEST
OF SELMA AROUND 2 45PM CST. REPORTS FROM AMATEUR RADIO.
PETTIT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
440 PM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH 24 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FOR SOUTH ALABAMA...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTH OF MONTGOMERY TONIGHT...

AT 440 PM CST MONTGOMERY'S WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN A LONG BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS THAT STRETCHED
FROM GADSDEN ALABAMA TO BIRMINGHAM THEN SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF
MONTGOMERY AND EVERGREEN ALABAMA. THE BAND IS ABOUT 35 MILES WIDE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN
HOUR. THE BAND IS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN BUTLER COUNTY 15 MILES
NORTH OF CHAPMAN AND IN WEST LOWNDES COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS.

IF YOU ARE NEAR ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS RMEMEMBER THAT METAL IS
CONDUCTOR AND LIGHTNING IS VERY POWERFUL ELECTRICITY.

SNELL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT--WATCH TIME CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
440 PM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...TORNADO WATCH 24 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST FOR SOUTH ALABAMA...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTH OF MONTGOMERY TONIGHT...

AT 440 PM CST MONTGOMERY'S WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN A LONG BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS THAT STRETCHED
FROM GADSDEN ALABAMA TO BIRMINGHAM THEN SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF
MONTGOMERY AND EVERGREEN ALABAMA. THE BAND IS ABOUT 35 MILES WIDE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN
HOUR. THE BAND IS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN BUTLER COUNTY 15 MILES
NORTH OF CHAPMAN AND IN WEST LOWNDES COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS.

IF YOU ARE NEAR ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS REMEMBER THAT METAL IS A
CONDUCTOR AND LIGHTNING IS VERY POWERFUL ELECTRICITY.

SNELL