Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1998, 7:05 PM CDT for Talladega 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
- May 6, 1998, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1998, 8:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Talladega County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 560 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 070005 RRA SVRBHM ALC121-070105- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 705 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TALLADEGA COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 805 PM CDT * AT 702 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR OVER NORTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTY NEAR LINCOLN AND ANOTHER STORM MOVING INTO WESTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY BETWEEN CHILDERSBURG AND LOGAN MARTIN LAKE. EITHER OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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 6, 4:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 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 47 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, 1 hour 5 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, 1 hour 5 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, 50 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, 50 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, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 64 min |
| May 6, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 47 min |
| May 6, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 60 min |
| May 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 47 min |
| May 6, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 47 min |
| May 6, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 18 min |
| May 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 46 min |
| May 6, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 48 min |
| May 6, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 66 min |
| May 6, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 45 min |
| May 6, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 47 min |
| May 6, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 42 min |
| May 6, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 50 min |
| May 6, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| May 6, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 65 min |
| May 7, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 62 min |
| May 7, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 36 min |
| May 7, 5:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 19 min |
| May 7, 5:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 30 min |
| May 7, 5:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 45 min |
| May 7, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 25 min |
| May 7, 6:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 31 min |
| May 7, 6:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 35 min |
| May 7, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 47 min |
| May 7, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 51 min |
| May 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 50 min |
| May 7, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 63 min |
| May 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| May 7, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 67 min |
| May 7, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 48 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.