Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1989, 7:07 PM CDT for Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1989, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1989, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walker County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:28 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Walker, AL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBHM 270008
SVRBHM
ALC127-270115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
707 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH ALABAMA
...WALKER
AT 705 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE TOWN OF
SIPSEY IN WALKER COUNTY MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME O]R BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 435 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1989 ...VERY STRONG SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA AT 435 RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN BLOUNT COUNTY MOVING SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN SOUTHERN CHILTON COUNTY MOVING WEST AROUND 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND PROBABLY HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN OTHER LOCATIONS OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 435 PM CDT WED JUL 26 1989 ...VERY STRONG SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA AT 435 RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN BLOUNT COUNTY MOVING SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN SOUTHERN CHILTON COUNTY MOVING WEST AROUND 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND PROBABLY HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN OTHER LOCATIONS OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS.
Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 538 PM CDT WED JULY 26 1989 ...AT 530PM CDT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF THE CITY OF TALLADEGA IN TALLADEGA COUNTY. REPORT BY THE STApTE POLICE. ...AT 532PM CDT...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NORTH OF THE CITY OF CHILDERSBURG IN TALLADEGA COUNTY. REPORT BY THE CHILDERSBURG POLICE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 501 PM TO 545 PM FOR TALLADEGA COUNTY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.