Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Apr 8, 1998, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)

Expired

Apr 8, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Limestone County, 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.

106 
WUUS1 KBHM 090112 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC083-090200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
811 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

   ...LIMESTONE COUNTY...

AT 810 PM CDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MILES AN HOUR.   THIS STORM WILL MOVE TOWARD ATHENS BY 8:30 PM.


<<CALL TO ACTION>>
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.