Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 426, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 2:10 PM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 5, 1998, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lamar County, AL
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 57 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 40 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 40 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, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Tuscaloosa | 61 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 |
| Jun 5, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Quitman, Stewart | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 51 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.