Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
700 AM CST TUE APR 04 1989

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11AM CDT.

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR ANNISTON TO SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY AND ON WESTWARD TO
NEAR CENTREVILLE.  THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST.
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE  NEAR ANNISTON AND FROM CEkNTREVILLE
TO SOUTHEAST SHELBY COUNTY.

THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING COOSA AND CHILTON COUNTIES WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS HIGH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT.
PETTIT

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
715 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

...TREES WERE UPROOTED ON HIGHWAY 13 I FOUR MILES NORTH OF
   ELDRIDGE IN EXTREME NORTHWEST WALKER COUNTY. THIS NORTHWEST
   ALABAMA DAMAGE PROBABLY OCCURRED ABOUT 330 AM CDT.

...LATER INFORMATION FROM THE MARION COUNTY EMA OFFICE...
   INDICATES THAT DAMAGE OCCURED ALL THE WAY ACROSS MARION
   COUNTY..FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST EARLY THIS MORNING.
   MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS IN A ONE-HALF MILE WIDE SWATH.
   EARLY REPORTS INDICATE THAT AT LEAST 10 HOMES WERE DAMAGED
   BY FALLING TREES...CRUSHING THE ROOFS. AUTOMOBILES WERE
   ALSO DAMAGED...INCLUDING A STATE TROOPER CRUISER.

   ON THE WEST SIDE OF HALEYVILLE...WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN THE
   EDGE OF MARION COUNTY...TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED
   AT THE GREEN ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK. ANOTHER MOBILE HOME
   WAS DAMAGED ON WEST 14TH STREET IN HALEYVILLE. STILL ANOTHER
   MOBILE HOME WAS OVERTURNED AND CARRIED 20-30 FEET ON COUNTY
   ROAD 253 IN MARION COUNTY.

   MOST OF THE MARION COUNTY DAMAGE WAS AROUND 315 TO 330 AM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
735 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF NORTH
   AND CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 11 AM CDT...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE GROWING MORE INTENSE OVER EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA. AT 735 AM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
IN EASTERN CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTY...EXTENDING FROM EAST
OF ASHLAND TO NEAR WEDOWEE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST RAPIDLY.
THEY MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND HIGH WINDS.

OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL ALABAMA OVER BIBB
AND NORTHERN CHILTON COUNTIES.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO BECOMING SEVERE AGAIN OVER PARTS
OF EAST MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THESE WILL BE MOVING INTO
WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER...POSSIBLY INTO WEST ALABAMA'S
PICKENS COUNTY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
800 AM CST TUE APR 04 1989

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11AM CDT.

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM
QUITE STRONG ACROSS THE NORTHERN EDGES OF CHAMBERS...TALLAPOOSA
...COOSA AND CHILTON COUNTIES.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST NORTHEAST WHILE THE AREA WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY SOUTH
OF ASHLAND.
NEWLY FORMED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS HIGH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT.
PETTIT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
800 AM CDT TUE APR 04 1989

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11AM CDT.

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM
QUITE STRONG ACROSS THE NORTHERN EDGES OF CHAMBERS...TALLAPOOSA
...COOSA AND CHILTON COUNTIES.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST NORTHEAST WHILE THE AREA WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY SOUTH
OF ASHLAND.
NEWLY FORMED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTH ALABAMA.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS HIGH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT.
PETTIT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
955 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF NORTH
   AND CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 11 AM CDT...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT BEEN AS STRONG DURING THE PAST HOUR AND THERE
ARE NO WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART OF THE STATE AT THIS TIME.
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS A PORTION OF NORTHERN
ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI WEST
OF COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO LAMAR COUNTY
SHORTLY AFTER 10 AM.

RAINFALL HAS BEEN HEAVY OVER SECTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA THIS MORNING.
OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN WINFIELD AND NEARLY TWO INCHES AT
CORDOVA. MORE THAN ONE INCH WAS RECORDED AT HODGES...HANCEVILLE
AGOAL