Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1150 PM CDT WED AUG 29 1990

        ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM CDT FOR PORTIONS
                    OF NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

AT 1145 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CENTREVILLE CONTINUED TO SHOW AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS AREA
SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN ETOWAH AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES SHORTLY. THIS AREA OF
STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

RESIDENTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST
WEA;THER DEVELOPMENTS BY TUNING IN LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1243 AM CDT THU AUG 29 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM CDT FOR PORTIONS
OF NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AT 1243 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CENTREVILLE CONTINUED TO SHOW AN
AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS COVERING MUCH OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME NORTHERN ETOWAH COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GADSDEN.  OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN EXTREME
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF VERNON IN LAMAR COUNTY.  ALL OF
THE RAIN ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEqATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND UPDATES THIS MORNING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
147 AM CDT THU AUG 29 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL
EXPIRE AT 2 AM.

AT 147 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CENTREVILLE SHOWED THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST ALABAMA EARLIER
TONIGHT...HAVE NOW ENTERED GEORGIA.  ONLY SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN REMAINS IN
DE KALB AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES.

THE PO#TENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXISTS
OVER NORTH ALABAMA...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINSHED
GREATLY AND NO ADDITIONAL WEATHER WATCHES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
450 AM CDT THU AUG 29 1990

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP THIS MORNING IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

AT 445 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CENTREVILLE SHOWED A FEW CLUSTERS
OF SHOWERS AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY
OF FAYETTE...SOME HAIL WAS INDICATED BY RADAR.  ANOTHER ISOLATED STRONG
STORM WAS IN CULLMAN COUNTY JUST TO THE EAST OF THE CITY OF CULLMAN.
A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH
OF THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA AND EXTEND SOUTHWESTWARD IN NORTHERN GREENE
AND SUMTER COUNTIES.

ALL OF THE RAIN ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

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