Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 8:33 PM CST for Colbert County, Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 1990, 8:33 PM CST (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHSV 220234 SVRHSV ALC033-059-220330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 833 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CST IN NORTH ALABAMA ...COLBERT COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY HUNTSVILLE RADAR AT 832 PM INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY SOUTH OF RED BAY MOVING TOWARDS VINA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO COLBERT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 SATURDAY MORNING FOR LAUDERDALE AND COLBERT COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 8:03 PM CST, 30 minutes before
ALZ001>009-011-220300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
8:03 PM CST WED DEC 20 1990
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES...
....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR...MARION...WINSTON...
FAYETTE...AND WALKER COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT...
AT 800 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND BACK INTO EAST CENTRAL
ZMISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG WINDS....AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 42 min |
| Dec 21, 8:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 32 min |
| Dec 21, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 42 min |
| Dec 22, 2:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Madison | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Winston | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 2 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 2 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 32 min |
| Dec 22, 10:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cullman, Fayette, Walker | 117 min |
| Dec 22, 10:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 117 min |
| Dec 22, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 12:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cullman, Walker | 3 hr |
| Dec 22, 12:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 80 min |
| Dec 22, 2:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 29 min |
| Dec 22, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 56 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.