Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 567, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 3:32 PM CDT for Shelby County, Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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 25, 1998, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 4:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Shelby County, AL, Talladega County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.
918 WUUS1 KBHM 252033 RRA SVRBHM ALC117-121-252105- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 332 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA TALLADEGA COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 405 PM CDT * AT 331 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR NEAR CHILDERSBURG...DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT WILSONVILLE AND COLUMBIANA BETWEEN 335 PM AND 400 PM. LARGE HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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, 5 hours 52 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, 5 hours 52 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, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.