Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 445, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 4:21 PM CDT for Chambers County, Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 79 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, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 5:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chambers County, AL, Lee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Auburn, AL | |
| Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Opelika, AL |
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, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
440 WUUS1 KBHM 052120 RRA SVRBHM ALC017-081-052240- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 421 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHAMBERS COUNTY... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA LEE COUNTY... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 540 PM CDT * AT 419 PM CDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. 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, Jun 5, 3:58 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
ALZ001>004-011>014-022-023-030>032-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 358 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514... LAUDERDALE...FRANKLIN...COLBERT...LAWRENCE...MARION...WINSTON... LAMAR...FAYETTE...PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA...SUMTER...GREENE AND HALE. CONTINUE OTHER PORTIONS OF WATCH NUMBER 514 AND ALL OF WATCH 515.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:58 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
ALZ001>004-011>014-022-023-030>032-052130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 358 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514... LAUDERDALE...FRANKLIN...COLBERT...LAWRENCE...MARION...WINSTON... LAMAR...FAYETTE...PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA...SUMTER...GREENE AND HALE. CONTINUE OTHER PORTIONS OF WATCH NUMBER 514 AND ALL OF WATCH 515.
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, 2:10 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, 4:27 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, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.