Tornado Warning 45, NWS Birmingham, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1050 AM CST WED NOV 15 1989

        ...MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER THREAT POISED FOR...
             ...ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

ALL THE NEEDED INGREDIENTS ARE COMING INTO PLACE FOR A SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT ACROSS ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI IS
FORECASTING A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT...AND THURSDAY MORNING.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDSTORMS.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. ITS IMPORTANT FOR ALL
RESIDENTS TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES NOW BEFORE THE WEATHER
TURNS THREATENING.  ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCIES SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR ADEQUATE STAFFING THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

SPECIAL NOTE TO MEDIA...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALWAYS DEPENDS
ON THE MEDIA TO QUICKLY DISTRIBUTE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS AND
CRITICAL WEATHER INFORMATION.  PLEASE GEAR UP NOW TO GIVE FULL
ATTENTION TO ALL WEATHER INFORMATION...ESPECIALLY WATCHES AND
WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOO0N AND TONIGHT.  THANKS IN ADVANCE.

SAFETY RULES COVERING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES WILL BE
SENT LATER THIS MORNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1235 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT...

AT 1230 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA. ONE
OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WALKER COUNTY AND ANOTHER WAS
IN EASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. OTHERS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AND HOUR.

THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING WELL AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING
THROUGH ARKANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER
SITUATION. ITS IMPORTANT FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES NOW AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ADDITIONAL SEVERE
WEATHER WATCHES ARE LIKELY OVER OTHER PARTS OF ALABAMA LATER TODAY AS
THE STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES TO THE SOUTHEAST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1257 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT...

AT 1257 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA. ONE OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS MOVING INTO MARION
COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND
SHELBY COUNTIES. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AND HOUR.

THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING WELL AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING
THROUGH ARKANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER
SITUATION. ITS IMPORTANT FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES NOW AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ADDITIONAL SEVERE
WEATHER WATCHES ARE LIKELY OVER OTHER PARTS OF ALABAMA LATER TODAY AS
THE STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES TO T/HE SOUTHEAST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
125 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING...

AT 120 PM CST MONTGOMERY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM
WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF COOSA COUNTY
AND ANOTHER ONE NEAR JEMISON ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 40 MPH.

ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE STRONGf GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO AND DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA.