Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 1998, 7:14 PM CST for Elmore County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
- Feb 26, 1998, 7:14 PM CST (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 1998, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Elmore County, AL, Montgomery County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
740 WUUS1 KBHM 270115 RRA SVRBHM ALC051-101-270200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 714 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...ELMORE COUNTY... ...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AT 712 PM CST... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN ELMORE COUNTY AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF MONTGOMERY AND WETUMPKA BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. <<CALL TO ACTION>> 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. <<CALL TO ACTION>> A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Feb 26, 5:10 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
510 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM TUSCALOOSA AL WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 TUSCALOOSA SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN
DOWN IN TUSCALOOSA.
0315 PM TUSCALOOSA AL WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 TUSCALOOSA A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN
YELLOW CREEK. THE PORCH
WAS DAMAGED.
0340 PM OAKMAN AL .88 INCH HAIL
02/26/98 WALKER DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF
OAKMAN ALONG HWY 69.
0345 PM BIRMINGHAM AL .75 INCH HAIL
02/26/98 JEFFERSON DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED AT BIRMINGPORT.
0430 PM ALABASTER AL .5 INCH HAIL
02/26/98 SHELBY PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN ALABASTER.
0445 PM MONTEVALLO AL WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 SHELBY A TREE WAS DOWN ACROSS THE
ROAD IN MONTEVALLO.Local storm report, Feb 26, 5:10 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
510 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM TUSCALOOSA AL WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 TUSCALOOSA SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN
DOWN IN TUSCALOOSA.
0315 PM TUSCALOOSA AL WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 TUSCALOOSA A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN
YELLOW CREEK. THE PORCH
WAS DAMAGED.
0340 PM OAKMAN AL .88 INCH HAIL
02/26/98 WALKER DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF
OAKMAN ALONG HWY 69.
0345 PM BIRMINGHAM AL .75 INCH HAIL
02/26/98 JEFFERSON DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED AT BIRMINGPORT.
0430 PM ALABASTER AL .5 INCH HAIL
02/26/98 SHELBY PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN ALABASTER.
0445 PM MONTEVALLO AL WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 SHELBY A TREE WAS DOWN ACROSS THE
ROAD IN MONTEVALLO.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.