Tornado Warning 39, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jun 14, 1989, 12:07 PM CDT (17:07 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 1989, 12:45 PM CDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Morgan County, AL

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TTAA00 KHSV 141725
TORHSV
ALC103-141745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1207 PM CDT WED JUN 14 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
          ...MORGAN
 
AT 12 20 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED ON HIGHWAY 24 IN MORGAN COUNTY.
JUST WEST OF DECATUR.  THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKET)S...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989

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.