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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 8, 1998Cleburne County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 11:03 PM CDT for Cleburne County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 8, 1998, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 1998, 11:50 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Cleburne County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 8, 11:15 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Heflin, AL	Dime size hail was reported in Heflin.

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 8, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 8.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

087 
WUUS1 KBHM 090401 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC029-090450-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1103 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1150 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...CLEBURNE COUNTY...

AT 1101 PM CDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  THIS STORM
WILL AFFECT THE HOLLIS CROSSROADS AREA BY 1110 PM...AND SHOULD BE NEAR
HEFLIN AROUND 1120 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.

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

Local storm report, Apr 8, 10:18 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1018 PM CDT WED APR 08 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 PM                              AL   TORNADO
04/08/98   TUSCALOOSA                     TORNADO NEAR JACKSON
                                          TRACE...VEHICLE DAMAGED
                                          ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME.

0718 PM                              AL   .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   FRANKLIN                       NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          19 MILES WEST OF
                                          RUSSELVILLE.

0722 PM    BROWNVILLE                AL   TORNADO
04/08/98   TUSCALOOSA                     TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
                                          GROUND NEAR BROWNVILLE..BY
                                          EMA.

0725 PM    WINFIELD                  AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   MARION                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED NEAR WINFIELD.

0731 PM    COKER                     AL   WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98   TUSCALOOSA                     CHURCH DAMAGED IN
                                          COKER..SOME PEOPLE WERE
                                          TRAPPED INSIDE..POSSIBLE
                                          INJURIES.

0733 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TALLAPOOSA                     DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          AT U.S. 80 RIVER BRIDGE
                                          AND NEAR JACKSONS GAP.

0735 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   MORGAN                         QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST
                                          CORNER OF MORGAN COUNTY.

0737 PM    ARAB                      AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   MARSHALL                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          ARAB.

0945 PM    DECATUR                   AL   WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98   MORGAN                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
                                          DECATUR...REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.

0945 PM    PLEASANT GROVE            AL
04/08/98   JEFFERSON                      *** 1 DEAD ***
                                          1 FATALITY REPORTED...TIME
                                          ESTIMATED..WEATHER CAUSE
                                          UNKNOWN AT THIS TI.ME.

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 10:29 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

ALZ006-007-016-022-090350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1029 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ALABAMA

   ...MADISON... MORGAN... CULLMAN... PICKENS

THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THESE COUNTIES AND
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 10:29 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

ALZ006-007-016-022-090350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1029 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ALABAMA

   ...MADISON... MORGAN... CULLMAN... PICKENS

THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THESE COUNTIES AND
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.

Local storm report, Apr 8, 10:47 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1047 PM CDT WED APR 08 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TALLAPOOSA                     QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED NEAR HIGHWAY 280
                                          AND 63.

0600 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TALLAPOOSA                     DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY NEAR JACKSONS GAP AND
                                          EAGLE CREEK.

0620 PM    SAMANTHA                  AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TUSCALOOSA                     DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          NEAR SAMANTHA.

0630 PM    BUFFALO                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CHAMBERS                       DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN BUFFALO NORTH OF
                                          LAFAYETTE.

0645 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   COLBERT                        QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED JUST EAST OF
                                          MUSCLE SHOALS.

0650 PM                              AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   ELMORE                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN WESTERN PART
                                          OF THE COUNTY.

0650 PM    FLORENCE                  AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   LAUDERDALE                     QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED NEAR
                                          FLORENCE...IN LAUDERDALE
                                          AND COLBERT COUNTIES.

0704 PM    LEXINGTON                 AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   LAUDERDALE                     GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL JUST
                                          SOUTH OF LEXINGTON.

0714 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CULLMAN                        QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN CULLMAN.

0718 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TUSCALOOSA                     DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          NEAR LAKE TUSCALOOSA.

1000 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   MADISON                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          SOUTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE.

Local storm report, Apr 8, 10:47 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1047 PM CDT WED APR 08 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TALLAPOOSA                     QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED NEAR HIGHWAY 280
                                          AND 63.

0600 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TALLAPOOSA                     DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY NEAR JACKSONS GAP AND
                                          EAGLE CREEK.

0620 PM    SAMANTHA                  AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TUSCALOOSA                     DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          NEAR SAMANTHA.

0630 PM    BUFFALO                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CHAMBERS                       DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN BUFFALO NORTH OF
                                          LAFAYETTE.

0645 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   COLBERT                        QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED JUST EAST OF
                                          MUSCLE SHOALS.

0650 PM                              AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   ELMORE                         GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN WESTERN PART
                                          OF THE COUNTY.

0650 PM    FLORENCE                  AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   LAUDERDALE                     QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED NEAR
                                          FLORENCE...IN LAUDERDALE
                                          AND COLBERT COUNTIES.

0704 PM    LEXINGTON                 AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   LAUDERDALE                     GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL JUST
                                          SOUTH OF LEXINGTON.

0714 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CULLMAN                        QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN CULLMAN.

0718 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   TUSCALOOSA                     DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          NEAR LAKE TUSCALOOSA.

1000 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   MADISON                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          SOUTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE.

Local storm report, Apr 8, 10:59 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
959 PM CST WED APR 08 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0742 PM    BAILEYTON                 AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CULLMAN                        GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED NEAR BAILEYTON.

0744 PM                              AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   WINSTON                        GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
                                          HALEYVILLE.

0749 PM                              AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   WINSTON                        GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED FROM HALEYVILLE
                                          TO LINT..BY EMA DIRECTOR.

0749 PM    JOPPA                     AL   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   CULLMAN                        HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED NEAR JOPPA.

0752 PM    ARAB                      AL   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   MARSHALL                       BASEBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN ARAB.

0753 PM    HALEYVILLE                AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   WINSTON                        GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN HALEYVILLE.

0759 PM    GUNTERSVILLE              AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   MARSHALL                       GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN
                                          GUNTERSVILLE.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	49 min
Apr 8, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Franklin	51 min
Apr 8, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	50 min
Apr 8, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	45 min
Apr 8, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	47 min
Apr 8, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Colbert	46 min
Apr 8, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cullman	35 min
Apr 8, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marshall	47 min
Apr 8, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Colbert	49 min
Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	48 min
Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	48 min
Apr 8, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	48 min
Apr 8, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	46 min
Apr 8, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	50 min
Apr 8, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lawrence	49 min
Apr 8, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	63 min
Apr 8, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	64 min
Apr 8, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	66 min
Apr 8, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lauderdale	51 min
Apr 8, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	50 min
Apr 8, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	DeKalb	63 min
Apr 8, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Randolph	49 min
Apr 8, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah	47 min
Apr 8, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Limestone	49 min
Apr 8, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Morgan	50 min
Apr 8, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	33 min
Apr 8, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Madison	49 min
Apr 8, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	63 min
Apr 8, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair	46 min
Apr 8, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale	36 min
Apr 8, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	51 min
Apr 8, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	49 min
Apr 8, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb	50 min
Apr 8, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	63 min
Apr 8, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lawrence	49 min
Apr 8, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Morgan	48 min
Apr 8, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Talladega	65 min
Apr 8, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Limestone, Madison	50 min
Apr 8, 9:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby	48 min
Apr 8, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	47 min
Apr 8, 9:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cleburne	48 min
Apr 8, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jackson	47 min
Apr 8, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	33 min
Apr 8, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	50 min
Apr 8, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	46 min
Apr 8, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale	48 min
Apr 8, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jackson	34 min
Apr 8, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	31 min
Apr 8, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	DeKalb	33 min
Apr 8, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	45 min
Apr 8, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	49 min
Apr 8, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	45 min
Apr 8, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby	62 min
Apr 8, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	48 min
Apr 8, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	50 min
Apr 8, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne	33 min
Apr 9, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa	48 min
Apr 9, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	50 min
Apr 9, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Randolph, Tallapoosa	45 min
Apr 9, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	48 min
Apr 9, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	34 min
Apr 9, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	49 min

Nearby

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

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.