Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 327, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1998, 6:34 PM CDT for Bibb County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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 6, 1998, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1998, 7:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bibb County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Centreville, AL | Larger than quarter sized hail was reported in Eoline. |
| May 6, 7:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Brent, AL | Golf ball size hail was reported in Brent. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 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 062334 RRA SVRBHM ALC007-070020- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 634 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BIBB COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 720 PM CDT * AT 631 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR OVER SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO BIBB COUNTY. TOWNS FIRST AFFECTED BY THIS STORM WILL BE WEST BLOCKTON AND STATESVILLE. THIS STORM PRODUCED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. 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 S@O 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 6, 4:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
418 PM CDT WED MAY 06 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0411 PM MOULTON AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 LAWRENCE QUARTER SIZED HAIL NORTH
OF MOULTON
0412 PM FALKVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 MORGAN DIME SIZED HAIL IN
FALKVILLE
0414 PM RUSSELLVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 FRANKLIN DIME SIZED HAIL 6 MILES
NORTH OF RUSSELLVILLELocal storm report, May 6, 4:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
418 PM CDT WED MAY 06 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0411 PM MOULTON AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 LAWRENCE QUARTER SIZED HAIL NORTH
OF MOULTON
0412 PM FALKVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 MORGAN DIME SIZED HAIL IN
FALKVILLE
0414 PM RUSSELLVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 FRANKLIN DIME SIZED HAIL 6 MILES
NORTH OF RUSSELLVILLESpecial weather statement, May 6, 6:00 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
ALZ001>004-011-014-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 600 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IN ALABAMA LAUDERDALE...FRANKLIN...COLBERT...LAWRENCE...MARION AND WINSTON. OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:00 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
ALZ001>004-011-014-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 600 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IN ALABAMA LAUDERDALE...FRANKLIN...COLBERT...LAWRENCE...MARION AND WINSTON. OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:15 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
ALZ005>010-016-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 615 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IN ALABAMA LIMESTONE...MADISON...MORGAN...MARSHALL...JACKSON...DEKALB AND CULLMAN. OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:15 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
ALZ005>010-016-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 615 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IN ALABAMA LIMESTONE...MADISON...MORGAN...MARSHALL...JACKSON...DEKALB AND CULLMAN. OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 48 min |
| May 6, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert | 51 min |
| May 6, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert | 49 min |
| May 6, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 34 min |
| May 6, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 34 min |
| May 6, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 31 min |
| May 6, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 35 min |
| May 6, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 51 min |
| May 6, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 65 min |
| May 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Morgan | 47 min |
| May 6, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 60 min |
| May 6, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 51 min |
| May 6, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 48 min |
| May 6, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 48 min |
| May 6, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 47 min |
| May 6, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 62 min |
| May 6, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| May 6, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 50 min |
| May 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 6, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 63 min |
| May 6, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 47 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.