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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 14, 1998Calhoun County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1998, 7:05 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 1998, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 1998, 8:05 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Calhoun County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 14, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
517 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

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

0354 PM    GADSDEN                   AL   .5 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   ETOWAH

0403 PM    FAIRFIELD                 AL   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   JEFFERSON

0404 PM    BIRMINGHAM                AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   JEFFERSON

0406 PM    FRANKLIN                  AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   MACON

0410 PM    ENSLEY                    AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   JEFFERSON

0420 PM    BIRMINGHAM                AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   JEFFERSON                      HAIL AT BEACON PARKWAY

0425 PM    HOMEWOOD                  AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   JEFFERSON

0430 PM    TUSKEGEE                  AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   MACON

0434 PM    INVERNESS                 AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   SHELBY                         GRAYSTONE AREA ALONG
                                          HIGHWAY 280 OF SHELBY
                                          COUNTY

0436 PM    INVERNESS                 AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   SHELBY                         DIME SIZE HAIL AT OLD
                                          CALDWELL MILL ROAD
Local storm report, Apr 14, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
517 PM CDT TUE APR 14 1998

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

0354 PM    GADSDEN                   AL   .5 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   ETOWAH

0403 PM    FAIRFIELD                 AL   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   JEFFERSON

0404 PM    BIRMINGHAM                AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   JEFFERSON

0406 PM    FRANKLIN                  AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   MACON

0410 PM    ENSLEY                    AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   JEFFERSON

0420 PM    BIRMINGHAM                AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   JEFFERSON                      HAIL AT BEACON PARKWAY

0425 PM    HOMEWOOD                  AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   JEFFERSON

0430 PM    TUSKEGEE                  AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   MACON

0434 PM    INVERNESS                 AL   1 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   SHELBY                         GRAYSTONE AREA ALONG
                                          HIGHWAY 280 OF SHELBY
                                          COUNTY

0436 PM    INVERNESS                 AL   .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/98   SHELBY                         DIME SIZE HAIL AT OLD
                                          CALDWELL MILL ROAD

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.