Severe Thunderstorm Warning 490, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jun 15, 1998, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 1998, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Montgomery County, 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.

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SVRBHM
ALC037-051-101-160330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
927 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COOSA COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  ELMORE COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 924 PM CDT... A HUGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER
RADAR THAT STRETCHED FROM JEMISON IN CHILTON COUNTY TO NEAR
AUTAUGAVILLE AND THE ALABAMA RIVER IN AUTAUGA COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  THE STORM WAS PRODUCING WINDS OF 60
TO 70 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT MOST OF COOSA...ELMORE...AND
THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY.  THE STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE ALL ALONG
ITS PATH.

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.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.