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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 419, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 5, 1998DeKalb County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 5:42 AM CDT for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 5, 1998, 5:42 AM CDT (10:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County DeKalb County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 5:55 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Countywide, ALNumerous trees and power lines were down across the county. Some communities that were affected by the thunderstorm included Fort Payne where people were without power for several hours and a woman was injured when a tree fell on her home. Grove Oak, Tenbroe

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1476 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

011 
WUUS1 KBHM 051041 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC049-051130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
542 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DEKALB COUNTY... IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 541 AM CDT... A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN BY
WEATHER RADAR FROM NEAR SCOTTSBORO TO GUNTERSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.  HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH ARE LIKELY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR RAINSVILLE BY 545 AM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING... PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb47 min
Jun 4, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Shelby48 min
Jun 5, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale63 min
Jun 5, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion63 min
Jun 5, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar47 min
Jun 5, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLawrence, Limestone63 min
Jun 5, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Walker, Winston61 min
Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMadison, Morgan48 min
Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman48 min
Jun 5, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPickens, Tuscaloosa49 min
Jun 5, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Jefferson, Marshall45 min
Jun 5, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJackson45 min
Jun 5, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah48 min
Jun 5, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair, Shelby46 min
Jun 5, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne34 min
Jun 5, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne, Talladega18 min
Jun 5, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Pickens, Sumter52 min
Jun 5, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Tuscaloosa61 min
Jun 5, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar50 min
Jun 5, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPickens46 min
Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb47 min
Jun 5, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette80 min
Jun 5, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa64 min
Jun 5, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker77 min
Jun 5, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXShelby77 min
Jun 5, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale, Marengo62 min
Jun 5, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette50 min
Jun 5, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar34 min
Jun 5, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Sumter35 min
Jun 5, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson65 min
Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry66 min
Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Coosa96 min
Jun 5, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb46 min
Jun 5, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore66 min
Jun 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas51 min
Jun 5, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega80 min
Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa65 min
Jun 5, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSt. Clair64 min
Jun 5, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay66 min
Jun 5, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery63 min
Jun 5, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon78 min
Jun 5, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Lee79 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock63 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPike63 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee, Macon48 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRussell61 min
Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour64 min
Jun 5, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell47 min
Jun 5, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah35 min
Jun 5, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, DeKalb64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.