Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
420 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SECTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA UNTIL 6 AM...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FOR NORTH ALABAMA EAST
OF A LINE FROM ATHENS TO CULLMAN...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CULLMAN TO
WEISS LAKE IN CHEROKEE COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA HAS EXPIRED.

AT 4:15 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE
CONCENTRATED OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES...GENERALLY FROM VERNON IN
LAMAR COUNTY TO THE MUSCLE SHOALS/ATHENS AREA.

ONLY A FEW LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE OCCURING OVER THE WEST CENTRAL
COUNTIES...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WEST ALABAMA
AROUND DAYBREAK. THEREFORE YOU NEED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THE LOCAL
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
ALSO...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH HALF OF
ALABAMA...BASICALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO CLANTON TO
HEFLIN. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU NEED TO REVIEW
SAFETY PROCEDURES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
420 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA
UNTIL 10 AM CST.

THE TORNADO WATCH EXTENDS ROUGHLY ON A LINE FROM HUNTSVILLE...TO
TUSCALOOSA...TO DEMOPOLIS. THIS WATCH REPLACES ALL OTHER TORNADO
WATCHES.

AT 4:15 AM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE
CONCENTRATED OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES...GENERALLY FROM VERNON IN
LAMAR COUNTY TO THE MUSCLE SHOALS/ATHENS AREA.

ONLY A FEW LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE OCCURING OVER THE WEST CENTRAL
COUNTIES...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST ALABAMA WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.
IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH HALF
OF ALABAMA...BASICALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO CLANTON TO
HEFLIN. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU NEED TO REVIEW
SAFETY PROCEDURES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
459 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHWEST ALABAMA.

AT 458 AM CST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NORTH OF COLUMBUS
MISSISSIPPI...MOVING TOWARD HAMILTON IN MARION COUNTY. THIS STORM
WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS
APPROACHING 40 MPH.

ABERDEEN MISSISSIPPI POLICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH THE TOWN.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
WERE MOVING TOWARD WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND SHOULD ENTER THE STATE
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

PERSONS IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO BE ALERT AS THESE
STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
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REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF WEXT AND NORTH
ALABAMA UNTIL 10 AM CST.