Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 455, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 1:33 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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 10, 1998, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1998, 2:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Scottsboro, AL | Nickel size hail was reported in Scottsboro by spotters. |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 3323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
696 WUUS1 KBHM 101834 RRA SVRBHM ALC071-101910- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 133 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY... IN NORTHERN ALABAMA * UNTIL 210 PM CDT * AT 130 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR JUST BEGINNING TO ENTER NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY NEAR BRIDGEPORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
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 10, 9:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-110150- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 926 AM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER OVER THE CWA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOSTLY OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE OUTLOOK IS FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO BE FROM TENNESSEE INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. 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 10, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 50 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.