Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1998, 10:13 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 070313 RRA SVRBHM ALC101-070400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1013 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1011 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR OVER NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 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, 3 hours 58 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, 7:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
ALZ017>018-020-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 715 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IN ALABAMA BLOUNT...ETOWAH...AND CHEROKEE. OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, May 6, 7:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
ALZ017>018-020-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 715 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IN ALABAMA BLOUNT...ETOWAH...AND CHEROKEE. OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
Local storm report, May 6, 8:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
801 PM CDT WED MAY 06 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 PM ADDISON AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 WINSTON HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
WAS REPORTED NEAR ADDISON.
0515 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
05/06/98 CULLMAN TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN
NEAR WEST POINT.
0540 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
05/06/98 CULLMAN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
0605 PM NORTHPORT AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN NORTHPORT.
0610 PM NORTHPORT AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HAIL THE SIZE OF QUAARTERS
WAS REPORTED IN NORTHPORT.
0619 PM AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN MCFARLAND.
0625 PM COTTONDALE AL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN COTTONDALE.
0635 PM TRUSSVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 JEFFERSON DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN TRUSSVILLE.
0645 PM TUSCALOOSA AL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN TUSCALOOSA.
0645 PM AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 JEFFERSON HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS
WAS REPORTED AT HWY 280
AND I459.
0655 PM AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 SHELBY HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
WAS REPORTED NEAR VANDIBER
IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE COUNTY.
0700 PM DUNCANVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR DUNCANVILLE.
0725 PM BRENT AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 BIBB GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN BRENT.Local storm report, May 6, 8:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
801 PM CDT WED MAY 06 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 PM ADDISON AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 WINSTON HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
WAS REPORTED NEAR ADDISON.
0515 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
05/06/98 CULLMAN TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN
NEAR WEST POINT.
0540 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
05/06/98 CULLMAN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
0605 PM NORTHPORT AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN NORTHPORT.
0610 PM NORTHPORT AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HAIL THE SIZE OF QUAARTERS
WAS REPORTED IN NORTHPORT.
0619 PM AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN MCFARLAND.
0625 PM COTTONDALE AL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN COTTONDALE.
0635 PM TRUSSVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 JEFFERSON DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN TRUSSVILLE.
0645 PM TUSCALOOSA AL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN TUSCALOOSA.
0645 PM AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 JEFFERSON HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS
WAS REPORTED AT HWY 280
AND I459.
0655 PM AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 SHELBY HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
WAS REPORTED NEAR VANDIBER
IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE COUNTY.
0700 PM DUNCANVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR DUNCANVILLE.
0725 PM BRENT AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 BIBB GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN BRENT.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, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 60 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, 10:45 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
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.