Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
705 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

AT 700 PM CST MONTGOMERY'S WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN COOSA COUNTY WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN NORTHEAST.

RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER COOSA COUNTY AND THE
THUNDERSHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BY 715 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME ISOLATED
SMALL HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS LIKE ALL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CARRY
VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME IN SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA..NEVERTHELESS LISTENERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THE ISSUANCE OF WATCHES AND/OR
WARNINGS IS QUITE POSSIBLE SINCE CONDITIONS ARE UNSTABLE AND THE
GROUND IN MANY AREAS IS SATURATED AND SUBJECT TO FLOODING IN HEAVY
RAINS.

SNELL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
800 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH ALABAMA TONIGHT...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH COVERS ABOUT THE NORTH HALF OF ALABAMA...ROUGHLY
NORTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO CLANTON TO ANNISTON.

FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS A BAND OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE EMBEDDED
IN WIDESPREAD RAIN OVER MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. EVEN
HEAVIER AND MORE NUMEROUS RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO
THE WEST OF ALABAMA. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY ADVANCE INTO
THE STATE BY AROUND 10 PM AND MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST ALABAMA
AFTER MI0DNIGHT. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS
MAY CAUSE FLOODING ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS ALREADY NEAR
BANKFULL FROM TODAY S RAINFALL.

HSV SP 0320 5 SCT M10 BKN 40 OVC 4TF 1108/990/ T N MOVG N LTGIC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1000 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

...TORNADO WATCH FOR 14 COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH ALABAMA TONIGHT...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FOR A PORTION OF WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH COVERS ABOUT THE NORTH HALF OF ALABAMA...ROUGHLY
NORTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO CLANTON TO ANNISTON.

AT 10 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF COLUMBUS
MISSISSIPPI MOVING TOWARD ALABAMAS LAMAR COUNTY. THIS STORM HAD A
HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AS IT TRACKED
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED FURTHER WEST IN
MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW A SIMILAR PATH
TOWARD NORTHWEST ALABAMA.

AT 10 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS
NORTH ALABAMA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1100 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND
   NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 4 AM CST...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH ALABAMA TONIGHT...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH COVERS ABOUT THE NORTH HALF OF ALABAMA...ROUGHLY
NORTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO CLANTON TO ANNISTON. HEAVY RAINS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND AND CAUSED
STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS A BAND OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA TO EXCEED
ITS BANKS. FLOODING OF MANY ROADS AND HOMES IN MAINLY SOUTH JEFFERSON
AND NORTH SHELBY COUNTIES WAS REPORTED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT
MAY CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING AND WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED.

MOST OF THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER NORTH ALABAMA.
HOWEVER STRONG...POSSIBLE SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEEN OVER NORTH
MISSISSIPPI AND MOVING TOWARD NORTHWEST ALABAMA. ONE OR TWO OF THESE
STORMS MAY MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA AFTER MIDNIGHT.