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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 424, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 5, 1998Greene County, Pickens County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 2:08 PM CDT for Greene County, Pickens County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 5, 1998, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1998, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Greene County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 3:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Boligee, AL	Numerous trees and power lines were down in the Boligee community. About 3000 people were without power for over 5 hours.
Jun 5, 3:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Aliceville, AL	Numerous trees were down in Aliceville.

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
Jun 5, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.0
Supercell composite: 11.2

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The text

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

557 
WUUS1 KBHM 051908 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC063-107-119-052000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  PICKENS COUNTY... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  SUMTER COUNTY... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 208 PM CDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN...BY
WEATHER RADAR...MOVING OUT OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.  MOVEMENT OF THE
LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR.  THE MAIN THREATS FROM
THIS LINE WILL INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND HAIL.
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THE LINE
MOVE THROUGH.

THIS LINE WILL AFFECT ALL COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNED AREAS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORM IN A
STRONG BUILDING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER.
DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR OTHER
ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. THESE ATTRACT LIGHTNING. DO NOT 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, Jun 5, 8:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
813 AM CDT FRI JUN 05 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   MARION                         TREES DOWN ON HOMES AND
                                          CARS AND POWER OUTAGES
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.

0515 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   LAWRENCE                       TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACCROSS THE COUNTY.

0520 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   LAMAR                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0530 AM    FAYETTE                   AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   FAYETTE                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN FAYETTE, NEAR THE
                                          WALKER COUNTY LINE AND
                                          NEAR THE MARION COUNTY
                                          LINE.

0530 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   WALKER                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN COUNTY.

0530 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   WINSTON                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.  THERE
                                          WERE COUNTY WIDE POWER
                                          OUTAGES.

0535 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   CULLMAN                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

0540 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   MADISON                        NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY.

0540 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   MADISON                        NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY..SOME ON HOMES AND
                                          CARS.

0550 AM    BIRMINGHAM                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN ALONG 1ST AVE
                                          NORTH AND 77TH ST.

0550 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   JACKSON                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.

0550 AM    DAWSON                    AL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98   DEKALB                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY AND
                                          THERE WAS A GUST TO 60 MPH
                                          IN DAWSON.
0618 AM    GADSDEN                   AL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98   ETOWAH                         NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN IN THE NORTHERN
                                          PART OF THE COUNTY AND IN
                                          GADSDEN.

0620 AM    BLOUNTSVILLE              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   BLOUNT                         NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN, A BARN WAS
                                          DESTROYED NORTH OF
                                          BLOUNTSVILLE.

0623 AM    SPRINGVILLE               AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   ST CLAIR                       POWER LINES DOWN.

0635 AM    PIEDMONT                  AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   CALHOUN                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN PIEDMONT.

0635 AM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   CHEROKEE                       TREES DOWN ALON HWY 9 IN
                                          CENTER.

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-050300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
930 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998

A RATHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NORTH ALABAMA LATER TODAY.
WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY FOR
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.  BEST CHANCES WILL BE BY
LATE AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.

THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SEE PRODUCT
BHMSPSMOB. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... LOOK AT MIASPSTLH.  FOR MORE
WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT
HTTP://WWW.ACESAG.AUBURN.EDU/DEPARTMENT/NWS/

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-050300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
930 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998

A RATHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NORTH ALABAMA LATER TODAY.
WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY FOR
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.  BEST CHANCES WILL BE BY
LATE AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.

THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SEE PRODUCT
BHMSPSMOB. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... LOOK AT MIASPSTLH.  FOR MORE
WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT
HTTP://WWW.ACESAG.AUBURN.EDU/DEPARTMENT/NWS/

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	47 min
Jun 4, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	48 min
Jun 5, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	63 min
Jun 5, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	63 min
Jun 5, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	47 min
Jun 5, 4:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lawrence, Limestone	63 min
Jun 5, 4:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker, Winston	61 min
Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Madison, Morgan	48 min
Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cullman	48 min
Jun 5, 5:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	49 min
Jun 5, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, Marshall	45 min
Jun 5, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jackson	45 min
Jun 5, 5:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	DeKalb	48 min
Jun 5, 5:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	48 min
Jun 5, 6:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby	46 min
Jun 5, 6:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	34 min
Jun 5, 6:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega	18 min
Jun 5, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Tuscaloosa	61 min
Jun 5, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	50 min
Jun 5, 2:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	46 min
Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	47 min
Jun 5, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	80 min
Jun 5, 2:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	64 min
Jun 5, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	77 min
Jun 5, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	77 min
Jun 5, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo	62 min
Jun 5, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	50 min
Jun 5, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	34 min
Jun 5, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	35 min
Jun 5, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	65 min
Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Perry	66 min
Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	96 min
Jun 5, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb	46 min
Jun 5, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore	66 min
Jun 5, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	51 min
Jun 5, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	80 min
Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	65 min
Jun 5, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	64 min
Jun 5, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	66 min
Jun 5, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	63 min
Jun 5, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon	78 min
Jun 5, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee	79 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock	63 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	63 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon	48 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	61 min
Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	64 min
Jun 5, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	47 min
Jun 5, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah	35 min
Jun 5, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, DeKalb	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1998 Every 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.