Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 9:34 PM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 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
- May 3, 1998, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 10:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:58 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Troy, AL | Baseball size hail that damaged cars was reported in Goshen. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 040234 RRA SVRBHM ALC109-040335- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 934 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PIKE COUNTY... IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA * UNTIL 1035 PM CDT * AT 931 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUVERNE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL FIRST AFFECT THE TOWN OF GOSHEN. THE STORM WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE TROY AREA BY ABOUT 10 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 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 DONT 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
Local storm report, May 3, 5:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
546 PM CDT SUN MAY 03 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM PRATTVILLE AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 AUTAUGA NICKLE SIZED HAIL 3 MILES
NORTH OF PRATTVILLE
0315 PM OXFORD AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 CALHOUN GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR
OXFORD.
0320 PM AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 ELMORE GOLF BALL HAIL NEAR
EMERALD MOUNTAIN.
0320 PM AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 ELMORE EAST OF I65 ON COUNTY ROAD
14.
0400 PM TALLASSEE AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 ELMORE QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR
HIGHWAY 14 ON THE EAST
SIDE OF TALLASSEE.
0411 PM GAYLESVILLE AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 CHEROKEE GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
OUTSIDE OF GAYLESVILLE.
0419 PM MONTGOMERY AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 MONTGOMERY DIME SIZED HAIL IN THE
CITY OF MONTGOMERY.
0424 PM MONTGOMERY AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 MONTGOMERY QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON THE
EAST SIDE OF MONTGOMERY.
0425 PM TUSKEGEE AL 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 MACON GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL
SIZED HAIL NORTH OF
TUSKEGEE ON INTERSTATE 85.
0425 PM MONTGOMERY AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 MONTGOMERY GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL EAST
OF MONTGOMERY.
0425 PM DUNCANVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 TUSCALOOSA DIME SIZED HAIL OUTSIDE OF
DUNCANVILLE. REPORTED BY
VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER.
0430 PM SELMA AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 DALLAS NICKEL SIZED HAIL TO THE
WEST OF SELMA.
0440 PM ALEXANDER CITY AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 TALLAPOOSA DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
IN ALEXANDER CITY.
0446 PM ALEXANDER CITY AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 TALLAPOOSA GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN
ALEXANDER CITY. REPORTED
BY EMA OFFICIALS.
0447 PM WETUMPKA AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 ELMORE DIME SIZED HAIL NEAR
WETUMPKA.
0450 PM ALEXANDER CITY AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 TALLAPOOSA NICKLE SIZED HAIL OUTSIDE
OF ALEXANDER CITY.
0455 PM PINE LEVEL AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 MONTGOMERY QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN THE
TOWN OF PINE LEVEL.
0510 PM RANBURNE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 CLEBURNE DIME SIZED HAIL IN TEH
TOWN OF RANBURNE.
0510 PM GRAHAM AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 RANDOLPH DIME SIZED HAIL OUTSIDE OF
THE TOWN OF GRAHAM
0514 PM JEMISON AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 CHILTON DIME SIZED HAIL NEAR THE
TOWN OF JEMISON.
0530 PM OPELIKA AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 LEE DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
NEAR THE CITY OF OPELIKA.
0534 PM JEMISON AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 CHILTON MARBLE SIZED HAIL 10 MILES
SOUTH OF THE CITY OF
JEMISON.
0537 PM AL .5 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 RANDOLPH MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERING
THE GROUND ONE INCH DEEP
OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
RANDOLPH COUNTY. FUNNEL
CLOUD ALSO REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM.Local storm report, May 3, 5:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
546 PM CDT SUN MAY 03 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM PRATTVILLE AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 AUTAUGA NICKLE SIZED HAIL 3 MILES
NORTH OF PRATTVILLE
0315 PM OXFORD AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 CALHOUN GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR
OXFORD.
0320 PM AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 ELMORE GOLF BALL HAIL NEAR
EMERALD MOUNTAIN.
0320 PM AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 ELMORE EAST OF I65 ON COUNTY ROAD
14.
0400 PM TALLASSEE AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 ELMORE QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR
HIGHWAY 14 ON THE EAST
SIDE OF TALLASSEE.
0411 PM GAYLESVILLE AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 CHEROKEE GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
OUTSIDE OF GAYLESVILLE.
0419 PM MONTGOMERY AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 MONTGOMERY DIME SIZED HAIL IN THE
CITY OF MONTGOMERY.
0424 PM MONTGOMERY AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 MONTGOMERY QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON THE
EAST SIDE OF MONTGOMERY.
0425 PM TUSKEGEE AL 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 MACON GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL
SIZED HAIL NORTH OF
TUSKEGEE ON INTERSTATE 85.
0425 PM MONTGOMERY AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 MONTGOMERY GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL EAST
OF MONTGOMERY.
0425 PM DUNCANVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 TUSCALOOSA DIME SIZED HAIL OUTSIDE OF
DUNCANVILLE. REPORTED BY
VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER.
0430 PM SELMA AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 DALLAS NICKEL SIZED HAIL TO THE
WEST OF SELMA.
0440 PM ALEXANDER CITY AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 TALLAPOOSA DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
IN ALEXANDER CITY.
0446 PM ALEXANDER CITY AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 TALLAPOOSA GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN
ALEXANDER CITY. REPORTED
BY EMA OFFICIALS.
0447 PM WETUMPKA AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 ELMORE DIME SIZED HAIL NEAR
WETUMPKA.
0450 PM ALEXANDER CITY AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 TALLAPOOSA NICKLE SIZED HAIL OUTSIDE
OF ALEXANDER CITY.
0455 PM PINE LEVEL AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 MONTGOMERY QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN THE
TOWN OF PINE LEVEL.
0510 PM RANBURNE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 CLEBURNE DIME SIZED HAIL IN TEH
TOWN OF RANBURNE.
0510 PM GRAHAM AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 RANDOLPH DIME SIZED HAIL OUTSIDE OF
THE TOWN OF GRAHAM
0514 PM JEMISON AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 CHILTON DIME SIZED HAIL NEAR THE
TOWN OF JEMISON.
0530 PM OPELIKA AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 LEE DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
NEAR THE CITY OF OPELIKA.
0534 PM JEMISON AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 CHILTON MARBLE SIZED HAIL 10 MILES
SOUTH OF THE CITY OF
JEMISON.
0537 PM AL .5 INCH HAIL
05/03/98 RANDOLPH MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERING
THE GROUND ONE INCH DEEP
OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
RANDOLPH COUNTY. FUNNEL
CLOUD ALSO REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM.Special weather statement, May 3, 6:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
ALZ022-023-030>034-039-040-032325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 611 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ALABAMA ...PICKENS... TUSCALOOSA... SUMTER... GREENE... HALE... PERRY ...BIBB... MARENGO... DALLAS THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED THE SEVERE WEATHER EARLIER THIS EVENING OVER THE AREA HAVE NOW MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES. STABLE AIR IS NOW OVER THIS AREA AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 3, 6:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
ALZ022-023-030>034-039-040-032325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 611 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ALABAMA ...PICKENS... TUSCALOOSA... SUMTER... GREENE... HALE... PERRY ...BIBB... MARENGO... DALLAS THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED THE SEVERE WEATHER EARLIER THIS EVENING OVER THE AREA HAVE NOW MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES. STABLE AIR IS NOW OVER THIS AREA AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 49 min |
| May 3, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1998Every 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.