Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Aug 21, 1990, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)

Expired

Aug 21, 1990, 3:15 PM CDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, 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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ALC083-089-103-212015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
210 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
 
 
IN NORTH ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
   ...EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OBSERVED ON RADAR JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
THE HUNTSVILE WEATHER OFFICE. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVYY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

ALZ004>009-011-013-211930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
132 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 1990

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 132 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUBD LIGHTNING STRIKES WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CULLMAN
...OR JUST NORTH OF LEWIS SMITH LAKE. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST
ACROSS NORTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN FAYETTE AND MUSCLE SHOALS IN NORTHWEST
ALABAMA...AND BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM AND THE GEORGIA BORDER.

SINCE THE AIR ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA IS UNSTABLE...MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE BRIEFLY
SEVERE PRODUCING HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.

PERSONS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO MONITOR THEIR LOCAL
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAK"E SHELTER IF THE WEATHER TURNS
THREATENING.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.