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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 6, 1998Fayette County, Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1998, 2:45 AM CST for Fayette County, Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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
Mar 6, 1998, 2:45 AM CST (08:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1998, 3:30 AM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1998-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1998-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBHM 060845 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC057-107-125-060930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
245 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
   ...NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY...
   ...NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 245 AM CST... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL MOVING INTO NORTHEAST PICKENS COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST FAYETTE
COUNTY. THE COMMUNITES WHICH SHOULD BE IN THE STORMS PATH DURING THE
NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES WILL BE PALMETTO IN PICKENS COUNTY...AND
AREAS WEST OF NEWTONVILLE IN SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE INTO NORTHWEST TUSCALLOSA COUNTY BY 3 AM BETWEEN NEW
LEXINGTON AND MOORES BRIDGE.


<<CALL TO ACTION>>
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 COlVERS 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

Local storm report, Mar 6, 1:48 AM CST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
148 AM CST FRI MAR 06 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0136 AM    MILLPORT                  AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/06/98   LAMAR

0146 AM    MOORES BRIDGE             AL   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/06/98   TUSCALOOSA                     GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED AT
                                          MAYFIELD COMMUNITY NEAR
                                          MOORES BRIDGE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 11:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion51 min
Mar 6, 12:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Pickens64 min
Mar 6, 1:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Tuscaloosa62 min
Mar 6, 1:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar61 min
Mar 6, 4:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTalladega35 min
Mar 6, 4:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa, Tallapoosa48 min
Mar 6, 3:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWinston26 min
Mar 6, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar32 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.