Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1990, 1:09 PM CDT for Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1990, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1990, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walker County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:28 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Walker, AL |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 181814 SVRBHM ALC127-181900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 109 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH ALABAMA ...WALKER COUNTY AT 109 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR JASPER MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY 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.
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, Jun 18, 11:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
ALZ005>007-011-181700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1112 AM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA... AT 1110 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CULLMAN COUNTY. THERE LIKELY TO AFFECT THE CITY CULLMAN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY DOWN POURS...CLOUD TO GROUND LISGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
ALZ004>007-011-181730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1145 AM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA... AT 1143 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN CULLMAN AND NORTHEAST WINSTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN NORTHEAST WINSTON COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ADDISON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME HAIL AS IT MOVES SOUTH NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL AFFECT LEWIS SMITH LAKE DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND BOATERS ON THE LAKE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
ALZ004>007-011-181730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1145 AM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA... AT 1143 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN CULLMAN AND NORTHEAST WINSTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN NORTHEAST WINSTON COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ADDISON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME HAIL AS IT MOVES SOUTH NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL AFFECT LEWIS SMITH LAKE DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND BOATERS ON THE LAKE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER BEFORE THE STORM APPROACHES. ...CORRECTED TIME ON THE SECOND LINE OF TEXT...
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:22 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
ALZ004>007-011-181800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1221 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA... AT 1219 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING ACROSS EASTERN WINSTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURING NEAR THE TOWN OF ARLEY...AND IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN WALKER COUNTY WITH IN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZED HAIL AROUND THE ADDISON AREA DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. IT WAS MOVING SOUTH AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST LAWRENCE COUNTY TOWARD NORTHWEST CULLMAN COUNTY...AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THAT AREA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND SOME HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:55 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
ALZ004>007-011-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 12550 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA... AT 1253 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING IN NORTHERN WALKER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING NEAR THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER AND WILL LIKELY MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF JASPER WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUED OVER EASTERN WINSTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:56 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
ALZ004>007-011-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TIME CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1255 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA... AT 1253 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING IN NORTHERN WALKER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING NEAR THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER AND WILL LIKELY MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF JASPER WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUED OVER EASTERN WINSTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.