Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 467, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1998, 5:41 AM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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 13, 1998, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1998, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Fayette, AL | Trees were down in Fayette, blocking roads. |
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2639 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 13.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
170 WUUS1 KBHM 131042 RRA SVRBHM ALC057-131130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 541 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 630 AM CDT * AT 539 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR JUST ENTERING WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR ROUTE 18. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...THE CITY OF FAYETTE AROUND 6 AM. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING... PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 13, 3:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
349 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 AM FLORENCE AL 50 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/98 LAUDERDALE WIND GUST OF 50 MILES AN
HOUR ESTIMATED BY EMA
OFFICIALS.
0330 AM FLORENCE AL WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98 LAUDERDALE LARGE TREE FELL ONTO A
HOUSE..NO INJURIES
REPORTED.Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
349 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 AM FLORENCE AL 50 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/98 LAUDERDALE WIND GUST OF 50 MILES AN
HOUR ESTIMATED BY EMA
OFFICIALS.
0330 AM FLORENCE AL WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98 LAUDERDALE LARGE TREE FELL ONTO A
HOUSE..NO INJURIES
REPORTED.Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:36 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
536 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 AM AL WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE
SPRUCE PINE AREA..REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.
0500 AM AL WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98 MARION NUMEROUS TREES DOWN 5
MILES SW OF
HALEYVILLE...REPORTED BY
n STATE TROOPERS.Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:36 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
536 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 AM AL WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE
SPRUCE PINE AREA..REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.
0500 AM AL WIND DAMAGE
06/13/98 MARION NUMEROUS TREES DOWN 5
MILES SW OF
HALEYVILLE...REPORTED BY
n STATE TROOPERS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 4:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Shelby | 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.