Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Jan 7, 1998, 12:47 PM CST (18:47 UTC)

Expired

Jan 7, 1998, 1:35 PM CST

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Barbour County, AL

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KBHM 071849 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC005-071935-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1247 PM CST WED JAN 7 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 135 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA

   ...BARBOUR COUNTY...

AT 1245 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS BARBOUR COUNTY.  THE LINE WAS FROM THE CORNER AREA... TO
JUST EAST OF CLAYTON...TO TEXASVILLE.  THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.  THIS WILL AFFECT MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE COUNTY INCLUDING THE EUFAULA AREA.


<<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 COVERS THE ROAD.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.