Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 10:48 PM CST for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 1990, 10:48 PM CST (04:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lamar 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 KBHM 220450 SVRBHM ALC075-220530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1048 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY AT 1045 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST PICKENS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF FERNBANK...MILLPORT...AND KENNEDY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDIYNG. 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.
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, 2 hours 45 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.Special weather statement, Dec 21, 10:08 PM CST, 40 minutes before
ALZ001>009-011-220510-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1007 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND
MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR...MARION...WINSTON...
FAYETTE...AND WALKER COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT...
AT 1006PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND BACK INTO EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR HUNTSVILLE SOUTHWESTWARD
TO NEAR CARBON HILL IN WALKER COUNTY TO NEAR MILLPORT IN LAMAR COUNTY
AND BACK INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE
OF P(RODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING
ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.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, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin | 57 min |
| Dec 21, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 32 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.