Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Birmingham, AL

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1135 AM CDT WED NOV 08 1989

GENEVA COUNTY EMA REPORTS CONSIDERABLE HIGHWAY AND STREET FLOODING AT
AROUND 11AM.

DEVAUGHN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1145 AM CST WED NOV 8 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING
   ACROSS A WIDE AREA OF ALABAMA...

LATE THIS MORNING A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO
NEAR SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY
THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ALABAMA ALLOWING TEMPERATURES
TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S.

EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAD ENDED OVER NORTH ALABAMA BY LATE MORNING...
WARM MOIST AIR WAS STILL IN PLACE OVER THE STATE. THE COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY MID AFTERNOON. COOL DRY AIR BEHIND THE
FRONT WILL COLLIDE WITH THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS SETTING THE STAGE FOR A
POTENTIAL OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

PERSONS IN ALABAMA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...LISTEN TO RADIO
...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE
WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1238 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH COUNTIES UNTIL 6PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES
ALONG THE FLORIDA BORDER...

RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
THIRD OF ALABAMA AT 1235 PM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN A BAND FROM TUSKEGEE TO JUST SOUTH OF
MONTGOMERY...TO NEAR PINEAPPLE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR
TROY AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF EUFAULA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL
BE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...4AND
MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS...AND SMALL STREAMS.

DEVAUGHN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
220 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH COUNTIES UNTIL 6PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES
ALONG THE FLORIDA BORDER UNTIL 445PM...

RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
THIRD OF ALABAMA AT 215 PM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN A BAND FROM UNION SPRINGS TO TROY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL
BE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS...AND SMALL STREAMS.

DEVAUGHN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
245 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989

AT 240 PM RADAR INDIACTED NO PRECIPITATIOPN OVER NORTH ALABAMA BUT
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF SOUTH
ALABAMA.

DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED
OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALONG A COLD FRONT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND MORE
WATCHES ARE LIKELY TO BE POSTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MISSISSIPPI WERE
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND COULD REACH THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA
BY 400 PM.

PERSONS IN ALABAMA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
330 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH COUNTIES UNTIL 6PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES
ALONG THE FLORIDA BORDER UNTIL 445PM...

RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
THIRD OF ALABAMA AT 330 PM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL
BE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS...AND SMALL STREAMS.

NEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI
AND OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA.  PERSONS IN SOUTH ALABAMA SHOULD KEEP
ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BULLETINS FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.