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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 16, 1998Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 3:31 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 16, 1998, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1998, 4:20 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Lowndes County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 539 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1998-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
539 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

696 
WUUS1 KBHM 162031 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC085-162120-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
331 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LOWNDES COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 420 PM CDT

* AT 329 PM CDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  MOVING OVER NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE COLLIRENE...GORDONSVILLE...
  MOSSES...BEECHWOOD...AND FOSTORIA AREAS.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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 16, 9:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-170240-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
945 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
WERE BEING PRODUCED BY AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS THE
NORTH PART OF ALABAMA.  THE UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE WAS MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE STATE AROUND NOON TAKING THE RAIN
WITH IT.  THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF SOME SMALL HAIL WITH THE
STORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS MORNING.

A COLD FRONT STRETCHES ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI....
THROUGH NORTHWEST ALABAMA...INTO PARTS OF EASTERN TENNESSEE
THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND BECOME STATIONARY.
THE ATMOSPHERE JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT IS WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE.
THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG OR REACH
SEVERE LIMITS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY. 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/
Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1021 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998

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

0730 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TREES DOWNED.

0730 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   SUMTER

0755 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN AROUND
                                          DEMOPOLIS. POWER OUTAGES
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME
                                          TRUCKS OVERTURNED.

0800 PM    CUBA                      AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   SUMTER                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN CUBA. TREES DOWN NORTH
                                          AND SOUTH OF YORK. SOME
                                          HOMES DAMAGED. QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR
                                          CUBA.

0805 PM    CUBA                      AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   SUMTER                         5 TREES DOWNED.

0820 PM    GREENSBORO                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN GREENSBORO. SOME MINOR
                                          ROOF DAMAGE. NUMEROUS
                                          POWER OUTAGES.

0820 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN GREENSBORO. SOME ROOFS
                                          DAMAGED.

0825 PM    COTTONDALE                AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   TUSCALOOSA

0825 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   TUSCALOOSA                     DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          COTTONDALE..HOLT..AND
                                          OTHER COMMUNITIES.

0830 PM    GREENSBORO                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN...ROOFS DAMAGED.

0830 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TRUCKS OVERTURNED.

0830 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   .88 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   MARENGO

0830 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TREES DOWN NORTH OF
                                          DEMOPOLIS. NICKEL SIZED
                                          HAIL REPORTED.

0840 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
                                          AND POWERLINES DOWNED
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.

0850 PM    GADSDEN                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   ETOWAH                         WIND GUST OF 54 MPH ALSO
                                          REPORTED.

0900 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   DALLAS                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          AT OLD WARVILLE ROAD AND
                                          HIGHWAY 219.

0914 PM    BIRMINGHAM                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                          BIRMINGHAM AREA. SOME WERE
                                          BLOCKING ROADS.

0921 PM    BIRMINGHAM ARPT           AL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      WIND GUST OF 52 KNOTS

0927 PM    BIRMINGHAM ARPT           AL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   JEFFERSON

0956 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   AUTAUGA                        NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWNED ACROSS
                                          THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
                                          COUNTY.

0957 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   ELMORE                         WIND DAMAGE TO BOATING
                                          HOUSE IN LAKE JORDAN AREA.

1014 PM    ALEXANDER CITY            AL   75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   TALLAPOOSA

1015 PM    ALEXANDER CITY            AL   TORNADO
06/15/98   TALLAPOOSA                     TORNADO SPOTTED BY PUBLIC
                                          IN ALEXANDER CITY
                                          AREA...AND POWERLINE
                                          TRANSFORMERS SEEN
                                          EXPLODING.

1037 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   ETOWAH                         TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWNED ACROSS THE
                                          NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY.
Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1021 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998

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

0730 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TREES DOWNED.

0730 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   SUMTER

0755 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN AROUND
                                          DEMOPOLIS. POWER OUTAGES
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME
                                          TRUCKS OVERTURNED.

0800 PM    CUBA                      AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   SUMTER                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN CUBA. TREES DOWN NORTH
                                          AND SOUTH OF YORK. SOME
                                          HOMES DAMAGED. QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR
                                          CUBA.

0805 PM    CUBA                      AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   SUMTER                         5 TREES DOWNED.

0820 PM    GREENSBORO                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN GREENSBORO. SOME MINOR
                                          ROOF DAMAGE. NUMEROUS
                                          POWER OUTAGES.

0820 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN GREENSBORO. SOME ROOFS
                                          DAMAGED.

0825 PM    COTTONDALE                AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   TUSCALOOSA

0825 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   TUSCALOOSA                     DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          COTTONDALE..HOLT..AND
                                          OTHER COMMUNITIES.

0830 PM    GREENSBORO                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN...ROOFS DAMAGED.

0830 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TRUCKS OVERTURNED.

0830 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   .88 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   MARENGO

0830 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TREES DOWN NORTH OF
                                          DEMOPOLIS. NICKEL SIZED
                                          HAIL REPORTED.

0840 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
                                          AND POWERLINES DOWNED
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.

0850 PM    GADSDEN                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   ETOWAH                         WIND GUST OF 54 MPH ALSO
                                          REPORTED.

0900 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   DALLAS                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          AT OLD WARVILLE ROAD AND
                                          HIGHWAY 219.

0914 PM    BIRMINGHAM                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                          BIRMINGHAM AREA. SOME WERE
                                          BLOCKING ROADS.

0921 PM    BIRMINGHAM ARPT           AL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      WIND GUST OF 52 KNOTS

0927 PM    BIRMINGHAM ARPT           AL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   JEFFERSON

0956 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   AUTAUGA                        NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWNED ACROSS
                                          THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
                                          COUNTY.

0957 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   ELMORE                         WIND DAMAGE TO BOATING
                                          HOUSE IN LAKE JORDAN AREA.

1014 PM    ALEXANDER CITY            AL   75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   TALLAPOOSA

1015 PM    ALEXANDER CITY            AL   TORNADO
06/15/98   TALLAPOOSA                     TORNADO SPOTTED BY PUBLIC
                                          IN ALEXANDER CITY
                                          AREA...AND POWERLINE
                                          TRANSFORMERS SEEN
                                          EXPLODING.

1037 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   ETOWAH                         TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWNED ACROSS THE
                                          NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY.
Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED ALEXANDER CITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1021 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998

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

0730 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TREES DOWNED.

0730 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   SUMTER

0755 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN AROUND
                                          DEMOPOLIS. POWER OUTAGES
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME
                                          TRUCKS OVERTURNED.

0800 PM    CUBA                      AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   SUMTER                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN CUBA. TREES DOWN NORTH
                                          AND SOUTH OF YORK. SOME
                                          HOMES DAMAGED. QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR
                                          CUBA.

0805 PM    CUBA                      AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   SUMTER                         5 TREES DOWNED.

0820 PM    GREENSBORO                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN GREENSBORO. SOME MINOR
                                          ROOF DAMAGE. NUMEROUS
                                          POWER OUTAGES.

0820 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN GREENSBORO. SOME ROOFS
                                          DAMAGED.

0825 PM    COTTONDALE                AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   TUSCALOOSA

0825 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   TUSCALOOSA                     DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          COTTONDALE..HOLT..AND
                                          OTHER COMMUNITIES.

0830 PM    GREENSBORO                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN...ROOFS DAMAGED.

0830 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TRUCKS OVERTURNED.

0830 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   .88 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   MARENGO

0830 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TREES DOWN NORTH OF
                                          DEMOPOLIS. NICKEL SIZED
                                          HAIL REPORTED.

0840 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
                                          AND POWERLINES DOWNED
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.

0850 PM    GADSDEN                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   ETOWAH                         WIND GUST OF 54 MPH ALSO
                                          REPORTED.

0900 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   DALLAS                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          AT OLD WARVILLE ROAD AND
                                          HIGHWAY 219.

0914 PM    BIRMINGHAM                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                          BIRMINGHAM AREA. SOME WERE
                                          BLOCKING ROADS.

0921 PM    BIRMINGHAM ARPT           AL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      WIND GUST OF 52 KNOTS

0927 PM    BIRMINGHAM ARPT           AL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   JEFFERSON

0956 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   AUTAUGA                        NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWNED ACROSS
                                          THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
                                          COUNTY.

0957 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   ELMORE                         WIND DAMAGE TO BOATING
                                          HOUSE IN LAKE JORDAN AREA.

1014 PM    ALEXANDER CITY            AL   75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   TALLAPOOSA

1015 PM    ALEXANDER CITY            AL   TORNADO
06/15/98   TALLAPOOSA                     POSSIBLE TORNADO SPOTTED
                                          BY PUBLIC IN ALEXANDER CITY
                                          AREA...AND POWERLINE
                                          TRANSFORMERS SEEN
                                          EXPLODING.

1037 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   ETOWAH                         TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWNED ACROSS THE
                                          NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY.
Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED ALEXANDER CITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
1021 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998

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

0730 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TREES DOWNED.

0730 PM                              AL   1 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   SUMTER

0755 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN AROUND
                                          DEMOPOLIS. POWER OUTAGES
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME
                                          TRUCKS OVERTURNED.

0800 PM    CUBA                      AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   SUMTER                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN CUBA. TREES DOWN NORTH
                                          AND SOUTH OF YORK. SOME
                                          HOMES DAMAGED. QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR
                                          CUBA.

0805 PM    CUBA                      AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   SUMTER                         5 TREES DOWNED.

0820 PM    GREENSBORO                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN GREENSBORO. SOME MINOR
                                          ROOF DAMAGE. NUMEROUS
                                          POWER OUTAGES.

0820 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN GREENSBORO. SOME ROOFS
                                          DAMAGED.

0825 PM    COTTONDALE                AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   TUSCALOOSA

0825 PM                              AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   TUSCALOOSA                     DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          COTTONDALE..HOLT..AND
                                          OTHER COMMUNITIES.

0830 PM    GREENSBORO                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   HALE                           TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN...ROOFS DAMAGED.

0830 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TRUCKS OVERTURNED.

0830 PM    DEMOPOLIS                 AL   .88 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   MARENGO

0830 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   MARENGO                        TREES DOWN NORTH OF
                                          DEMOPOLIS. NICKEL SIZED
                                          HAIL REPORTED.

0840 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
                                          AND POWERLINES DOWNED
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY.

0850 PM    GADSDEN                   AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   ETOWAH                         WIND GUST OF 54 MPH ALSO
                                          REPORTED.

0900 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   DALLAS                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          AT OLD WARVILLE ROAD AND
                                          HIGHWAY 219.

0914 PM    BIRMINGHAM                AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                          BIRMINGHAM AREA. SOME WERE
                                          BLOCKING ROADS.

0921 PM    BIRMINGHAM ARPT           AL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   JEFFERSON                      WIND GUST OF 52 KNOTS

0927 PM    BIRMINGHAM ARPT           AL   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   JEFFERSON

0956 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   AUTAUGA                        NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWNED ACROSS
                                          THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
                                          COUNTY.

0957 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   ELMORE                         WIND DAMAGE TO BOATING
                                          HOUSE IN LAKE JORDAN AREA.

1014 PM    ALEXANDER CITY            AL   75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/15/98   TALLAPOOSA

1015 PM    ALEXANDER CITY            AL   TORNADO
06/15/98   TALLAPOOSA                     POSSIBLE TORNADO SPOTTED
                                          BY PUBLIC IN ALEXANDER CITY
                                          AREA...AND POWERLINE
                                          TRANSFORMERS SEEN
                                          EXPLODING.

1037 PM                              AL   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   ETOWAH                         TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWNED ACROSS THE
                                          NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY.F
Local storm report, Jun 16, 3:13 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
313 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998

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

0223 PM                              AL   .5 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   DALLAS                         MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN MARION
                                          JUNCTION.  REPORTED BY
                                          STATE POLICE POST.

0240 PM    SELMA                     AL   .88 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   DALLAS                         NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          IN SELMA BY EMA DIRECTOR.

0250 PM    SELMA                     AL   1 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   DALLAS                         QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN SELMA.
0250 PM    SELMA                     AL   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/16/98   DALLAS                         FLYING DEBRIS IN DOWNTOWN
                                          SELMA.  POWER OUTAGES
                                          CITYWIDE.  WINDS WERE
                                          ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH BY
                                          EMA.

0301 PM    SWEET WATER               AL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   MARENGO                        DIMED SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          THE GROUND AT THE SWEET
                                          WATER FIRE DEPT.  6 MILES
                                          NORTHWEST OF SWEET WATER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa63 min
Jun 15, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTuscaloosa66 min
Jun 15, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSumter50 min
Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Marengo45 min
Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale50 min
Jun 15, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry48 min
Jun 15, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Walker47 min
Jun 15, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTuscaloosa50 min
Jun 15, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas64 min
Jun 15, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb47 min
Jun 15, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXSumter46 min
Jun 15, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton64 min
Jun 15, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby65 min
Jun 15, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSumter50 min
Jun 15, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa, Elmore, Montgomery63 min
Jun 15, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Marengo49 min
Jun 15, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXHale47 min
Jun 15, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Etowah, St. Clair64 min
Jun 15, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCullman, Marshall48 min
Jun 15, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee63 min
Jun 15, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa48 min
Jun 15, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry50 min
Jun 15, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay50 min
Jun 15, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDeKalb63 min
Jun 15, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Cleburne, Randolph46 min
Jun 15, 10:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers48 min
Jun 15, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLee, Macon49 min
Jun 15, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton, Dallas49 min
Jun 15, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa, Elmore34 min
Jun 16, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLimestone48 min
Jun 16, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXRandolph33 min
Jun 16, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas36 min
Jun 16, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes44 min
Jun 16, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo49 min
Jun 16, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa49 min
Jun 16, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton48 min
Jun 16, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXTallapoosa46 min
Jun 16, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXPerry49 min
Jun 16, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Coosa49 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.