Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 516, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 10:01 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Cherokee County, Cleburne County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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 19, 1998, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 10:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332 WUUS1 KBHM 191502 RRB SVRBHM ALC015-019-191535- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1001 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA CHEROKEE COUNTY... IN NORTHERN ALABAMA * UNTIL 1035 AM CDT * AT 1001 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE PIEDMONT AREA OF NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SPRING GARDEN AND ROCK RUN OF SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND PIEDMONT IN NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
1 follow-up statement
333 WUUS1 KBHM 191502 RRC SVRBHM ALC029-191535- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1001 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLEBURNE COUNTY... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 1035 AM CDT * AT 1001 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR JUST WEST OF BORDEN SPRINGS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE BORDEN SPRINGS...GRANTLEY... OAK LEVEL...AND ROSEWOOD. 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 19, 9:37 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-200230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 937 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998 NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH ALABAMA THIS MORNING. THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHED FROM THE MUSCLE SHOALS AREA...TO NEAR ROME GEORGIA. THIS SURFACE BOUNDARY WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. IN ADDITION...AN UPPER LEVEL IMPLUSE WAS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE CENTRAL PARTS OF ALABAMA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS THE UPPER LEVEL IMPLUSE MOVES ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA TODAY. SO SOME THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTH CENTRAL AREAS THIS MORNING...AND THEN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 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/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 10:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.