Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 565, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 1:46 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1998, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 2:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:48 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Auburn, AL | Dime size hail was reported in Auburn. |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 251846 RRA SVRBHM ALC081-251920- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 146 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LEE COUNTY... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 220 PM CDT * AT 143 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR JUST WEST OF AUBURN. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING WEST AT AROUND 5 MPH. THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND WHEN IT COLLAPSES IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 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.
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 25, 9:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-260225- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 940 AM CDT THU JUN 25 1998 AN EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL HOLD OVER ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY...KEEPING HOT HUMID WEATHER IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO UPPER 90S AND EVEN NEAR 100 IN SPOTS. THE HEAT INDEX WILL RANGE BETWEEN 105 AND 115 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH THE HOTTEST READINGS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TROY...EUFAULA...AND PHENIX CITY IN ALABAMA...AND COLUMBUS GA. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING ...PROVIDING SOME BRIEF RELIEF FROM THE HEAT TO ONLY A FEW SPOTS. BECAUSE OF THE VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE BRIEF...BUT STRONG...MICROBURSTS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN ISOLATED SPOTS. HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...AND ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. 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/
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-260225- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 940 AM CDT THU JUN 25 1998 AN EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL HOLD OVER ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY...KEEPING HOT HUMID WEATHER IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO UPPER 90S AND EVEN NEAR 100 IN SPOTS. THE HEAT INDEX WILL RANGE BETWEEN 105 AND 115 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH THE HOTTEST READINGS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TROY...EUFAULA...AND PHENIX CITY IN ALABAMA...AND COLUMBUS GA. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING ...PROVIDING SOME BRIEF RELIEF FROM THE HEAT TO ONLY A FEW SPOTS. BECAUSE OF THE VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE BRIEF...BUT STRONG...MICROBURSTS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH IN ISOLATED SPOTS. HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...AND ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. 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 25, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.