Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1989, 7:01 PM CDT for Marshall 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
- Jun 12, 1989, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1989, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Marshall, AL | |
| Jun 12, 7:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Marshall, 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
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, Jun 12, 4:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 413 PM CDT MON JUN 12 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROCHING WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 410 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES BY 5 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 547 PM CDT MON JUN 12 1989 AT 540 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN DALLAS THROUGH SOUTHERN AUTAUGA AND ELMORE COUNTIES. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES. MOVEMENTS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:23 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 623 PM CDT MON JUN 12 1989 AT 615 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA IN AUTAUGA...ELMORE...EASTERN MONTGOMERY AND ALONG THE MACON...TALLAPOOSA...AND LEE COUNTY LINES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.| PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 18 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.