Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1989, 3:01 AM CDT for Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 4, 1989, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1989, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lamar County, AL, Marion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 3:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Marion, AL | |
| Apr 4, 3:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lamar, 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
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
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 2:42 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 240 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR 24 NORTHWEST ALABAMA COUNTIES. AT 240 AM...VERY SRRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA FROM EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN MARION COUNTY...APPROACHING THE HAMILTON AREA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO LAMAR COUNTY SOON AFTER 3 AM CDT. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS... HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR SOME NORTHWEST XALABAMA COUNTIES SOON.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 2:45 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 240 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR 14 NORTHWEST ALABAMA COUNTIES. AT 240 AM...VERY SRRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA FROM EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN MARION COUNTY...APPROACHING THE HAMILTON AREA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO LAMAR COUNTY SOON AFTER 3 AM CDT. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS... HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. A WARNING MAYb BE NEEDED FOR SOME NORTHWEST ALABAMA COUNTIES SOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Morgan | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 10:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Cullman | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 69 min |
| Apr 4, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 69 min |
| Apr 4, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 69 min |
| Apr 4, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 63 min |
Nearby
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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.