Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Birmingham, AL

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1215 PM CDT MON AUG 20 1990

...DELAYED STORM REPORTS FOR AUGUST 19 1990...

THESE EVENTS OCCURRED AROUND 5 PM AT UNION GROVE CLOSE TO THE JEMISON EXIT.
ON I 65.

    ...21 ACRES OF APPLE TREES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED BY WINDS
       AS WELL AS ROOF BLOWN OFF NEARBY BARN.

    ...AT KOA CAMPGROUND...ROOF OFF ADMINSTRATION BUILDING
       RESULTING IN WATER DAMAGE TO OFFICES.

    ...SEVERAL LIGHT^ POLES AND SIGN WERE BLOWN DOWN.

    NO WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT.

INFORMATION RELAYED TO STATE EMA BY CHILTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICAL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
130 PM CDT MON AUG 20 1990

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING UP QUICKLY ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 125 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CENTREVILLE INDICATED A BROKEN LINE
OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR COLLINSVILLE IN DE KALB
COUNTY WESTWARD INTO NORTHERN CULLMAN...WINSTON AND MARION COUNTIES.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN CLAY COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF ASHLAND.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE SLOW AND ERRATIC AND BECAUSE OF THIS...VERY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE RESULTING IN LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A
SHORT TIME.  IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

PERSONS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACH.  CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO
FOR LATER WEATHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
202 PM CDT MON AUG 20 1990

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 200 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CENTREVILLE SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF ALABAMA.  SOME OF THE STORMS
WERE QUITE STRONG.  ONE OF THE STORMS...IN CULLMAN COUNTY...PRODUCED
MARBLE SIZED HAIL...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AROUND
140 PM.

LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA.
WITH HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...A FEW THESE SHOWERS MAY BUILD INTO
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME.  ALABAMIANS NEED TO KEEP THIS
IN MIND THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER
WEATHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
315 PM CDT MON AUG 20 1990

IF YOU THINK IT HAS BEEN HOT THE LAST SEVEN DAYS...YOU ARE RIGHT...
LISTED BELOW ARE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AT MONTGOMERY FOR THE LAST
SEVEN DAYS AND THE LAST TIME 100 DEGREE MAXIMUMS OCCURRED FOR SEVEN
CONSECUTIVE DAYS...
1990 AUGUST 14TH 101       1954 AUGUST 11TH 101
            15TH 101                   12TH 102
            16TH 102                   13TH 101
            17TH 100                   14TH 103
            18TH 101                   15TH 101
            19TH 101                   16TH 102
            20TH 100 3PM               17TH 100

AUGUST 195_4 SHOWED 14 DAYS OF 100 OR ABOVE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES.
SO FAR THIS AUGUST HAS PRODUCED 8 DAYS. SEVERAL OTHER PERIODS SINCE
1872 SAW 6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH MAXIMUMS OF 100 OR ABOVE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
330 PM CDT MON AUG 20 1990

AT 320 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO HENRY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES ALABAMA FROM GEORGIA. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A SHORT LINE BETWEEN FORT GAINES GEORGIA AND
AND MARIANA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EAST ALABAMA FROM WADLEY
ACROSS LAKE MARTIN TO NEAR WETUMPKA ALABAMA...AND OVER BARBOUR COUNTY
...AND OVER GENEVA COUNTIES ALABAMA.

DUE TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURES ALL THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE
CAPABILITY TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY.  GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS
|LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY OCCUR WITH ANY OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING.