Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Birmingham, AL

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1225 PM CDT TUE APR 04 1989

THE TORMADO WATCH PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5PM CDT.

WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10
MILES NORTH OF GASDENS TO TUSCALOOSA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 50 MPH AS THE LINE MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 10
MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTHEAST@ OF TUSCALOOSA AN
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1225 PM CDT TUE APR 04 1989

THE TORMADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5PM CDT.

AT 1230 PM CDT MONTGOMERY RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10
MILES NORTH OF GASDENS TO TUSCALOOSA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 50 MPH AS THE LINE MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 10
MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILMES NORTHEAST OF TUSCALOOSA AN
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM.

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