Tornado Warning 32, NWS Birmingham, AL

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

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1244 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

WIND GUSTS TO 69 MPH WERE RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFCE ON OXMOOR ROAD IN BIRMINGHAM AT 1237 PM. SO`ME TREESE HAVE
BEEN REPORTED DOWN IN AREA ACROSS POWER LINES. TREE WAS BLOWN ON
CAR IN 5  POINTS WEST SECTION.

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

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

AT 115 PM CDT MONTGOMERY RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM TALLADAGA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHERN CHILTON COUNTY THEN WESTWARD
TO SOMTER COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST ABOUT 10 MPH
AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 40 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY AND IN
SUMTER COUNTY.

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

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1244 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

...AT 1235 PM CDT TREES WERE BLOWN ONTO HOUSES IN THE 4700 OF
TERRACE Q IN WESTERN BIRMINGHAM. NUMEROUS LARGE BILLBOARDS AND
TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT THE BIRMINGHAM AREA.
...AT 1255 PM CDT FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE GALLERIA ON INTERSTATE
459 AND U.S. 31. A DRIVE IN TELLER WINDOW WAS DAMAGED AT A BANK IN
VESTAVIA HILLS.
...AT 1256 PM CDT A 3 FOOT IN DIAMETER TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT LEEDS
AREA NEAR BIRMINGHAM. THE CITY OF LEEDS IS IN THREE COUNTIES...SHELBY
   ...ST CLAIR...AND JEFFERSON.
...AT 1200 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED AT CORDOVA AND PEA SIZE
   HAIL COVERED THE GROUND NEAR JASPER.
...AT 1216 GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT DORA IN WALKER.
...AT 1210 PM CDT ROOF OF A SOLID WASTE PLANT WAS BLOWN OFF WEST OF
TUSCALOOSA AND ANOTHER BUSINESS WAS DAMAGED IN THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA.
...AT 1225 PM CDT TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HWY 171 IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY.
...AT 1230 PM CDT 3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL FELL AR BIRMINGPORT IN SOUTHWEST
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
...AT 1248 PM CDT 3 ROOFS WERE BLOWN OFF SKI LODGE APARTMENTS...
   A DENNYS RESTUARANT WAS DAMAGED...AND THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF
   GAYFERS DEPARTMENT STORE...ALL IN THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA.
...AT 103 PM CDT TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 5 NORTH OF
CENTREVILLE IN BIBB COUNTY. POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN CENTREVILLE
AND ON HWY 25 SOUTH OF MONTEVALLO.
...AT 112 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE SOUTHSIDE AREA OF
ETOWAH COUNTY. REPORTED BY ETOWAH COUNTY EMA.
...AT 100 PM A GIRL WAS HURLED OVER A CAR AND AN OUTBUILDING WAS
DAMAGED ON VALLEYDALE ROAD AND INTERSTATE 65 IN SHELBY COUNTY JUST
SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM.
...AT 115 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY.
...AT 100 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN
AT RIVERSIDE AND PELL CITY IN ST CLAIR COUNTY.
...AT 100 PM CDT TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT LINCOLN IN
   ST CLAIR COUNTY.