Tornado Warning 48, NWS Birmingham, AL

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.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
232 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989

...AT 215PM CST...TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE CLAY/TALLADEGA
   COUNTY LINE AT THE BULL GAP COMMUNITY

...AT 225 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FELL AT HAMILTON IN MARION
   COUNTY.

...A APPROXMATELY 200 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE
   MELLOW VALLEY COMMUNITY IN CLAY COUNTY WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED IN A
   COLLAPSED HOUSE.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
229 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989

    ...UPDATED REPORT ON THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN CLAY COUNTY...

...CORRECTION ON TIME...OCCURRED AT 130 PM CST...TOUCHDOWN 7IN THE
   MELLOW VALLEY COMMUNITY. PEOPLE WERE REPORTED TRAPPED IN A
   COLLAPSED HOUSE WITH SEVERAL INJURIES. IT IS NOT KNOWN OF THE
   EXTENT OF INJURIES OR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INJURED.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
355 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989

1527 REPORT OF TORNADO CROSSING COOSA RIVER TOWARD TITUS ALABAMA
     ALSO HAIL SIZE NOT DETERMINED...BY LOCAL TV STATION.
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1535 REPORT OF HAIL MARBLE TO NICKEL SIZE AND FUNNEL CLOUD VCNTY
     OF SLAPOUT...HAIL COVERED GROUND...BY PUBLIC/DPS/LOCAL TV.

1535 REPORT OF TREES DOWN AND HAIL NEAR CLOUD IN ELMORE COUNTY
     ALABAMA...BY DPS