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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1989, 6:50 PM CST for Cleburne County, Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 1989, 6:50 PM CST (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 1989, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cleburne County, AL, Randolph County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Local storm report, Nov 15, 4:55 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 450 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989 ...AT 255 PM CST...FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY BEAR CREEK PD AT BEAR CREEK IN MARION COUNTY. ...AT 255 PM CST...FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT WOODLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. ...AT 421 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY. ...AT 430 PM CST...40-50 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT ALICEVILLE IN PICKENS COUNTY. ...AT 440 PM CST...FUNNEL CLOUND AT BACON LEVEL COMMUNITY IN SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY. ...AT 440 PM CST...TREES DOWN ON HWY 43 5 NORTH HAMILTON. ...AT 440 PM CST...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN WINSTON COUNTY 5 NORTH HALEYVILLE. ...AT 442 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND STREET FLOODING IN THE ROANOKE AREA OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:00 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 450 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989 ...AT 440 PM CST...AT MCALLA IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...DOWNED TELEPHONE POLES. ...AT 443 PM CST...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT EITHER ROANOKE OR ROCK MILLS ...AT LEAST 2 MOBILE HOMES OVERTURNED AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FELL. ...AT 455 PM CST...GUST NEAR 60 MPH AT WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. ...AT 455 PM CST...DIME SIZE HAIL AT LAKESHORE DRIVE IN HOMEWOOD.
Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:42 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
542 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989
4:50 PM CST BARN IN THE ROAD JUST EAST OF ROCK MILLS IN RANDOLPH
COUNTY ON HWY 22.
5:11 PM CST 50 TO 55 MPH WINDS AT TRUSSVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
5:18 PM CST POWER OUT AT SHELBY/CHILTON COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF
CALERA IN SHELBY COUNTY.
5:20 PM CST GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN LEESBURG AREA IN WESTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTY, AL.
5:25 PM CST 40 TO 50 MPH IN WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
5:30 PM CST PEA SIZE HAIL ON EAST SIDE OF ALABASTER, SHELBY
COUNTY.
5:40 PM CST UTILITY LINES DOWN IN PINSON, JEFFERSON COUNTY
5:41 PM CST TREES DOWN IN BIRMINGPORT, WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY<Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:45 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
545 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989
1630 TORNADO/TREES DOWN VCNTY CAMP HILL ALABAMA...BY LOCAL FIRE CHIEF
THRU EMA
1645 REPORT OF TORNADO PATH OF TREES CDOWN BETWEEN BUFFALO AND LAFAYETTE
CHAMBER COUNTY ALABAMA...BY AM. RADIO CLUBSpecial weather statement, Nov 15, 6:35 PM CST, 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 6:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Talladega | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 6:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.