Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 573, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1998, 5:28 PM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barbour County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 787 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
829 WUUS1 KBHM 252228 RRA SVRBHM ALC005-252300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 528 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY... IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 527 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR BETWEEN CLAYTON AND CLIO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING... PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
ALZ046-048>050-057-058-060-065>069-GAZ089-090-102-120-260850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 350 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1998 ...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH FRIDAY... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY... IN ALABAMA ...BULLOCK... RUSSELL... PIKE... BARBOUR... BUTLER... CRENSHAW ...COVINGTON... COFFEE... DALE... HENRY... GENEVA... HOUSTON IN GEORGIA ...MUSCOGEE... CHATTAHOOCHEE... STEWART... QUITMAN . AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ANCHORED OVER ALABAMA THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN APPROACH THE 100 DEGREE MARK ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH THE HUMID AIR...HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB TO BETWEEN 110 AND 115 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES AT NIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 75 DEGREES...MEANING THAT THE AIR WILL REMAIN STAGNANT AND OPPRESSIVE. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROVIDE RELIEF FOR A FEW SPOTS BUT HEAT INDICES WILL REACH CRITICAL LEVELS BEFORE THE STORMS DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
ALZ046-048>050-057-058-060-065>069-GAZ089-090-102-120-260850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 350 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1998 ...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH FRIDAY... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY... IN ALABAMA ...BULLOCK... RUSSELL... PIKE... BARBOUR... BUTLER... CRENSHAW ...COVINGTON... COFFEE... DALE... HENRY... GENEVA... HOUSTON IN GEORGIA ...MUSCOGEE... CHATTAHOOCHEE... STEWART... QUITMAN . AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ANCHORED OVER ALABAMA THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN APPROACH THE 100 DEGREE MARK ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH THE HUMID AIR...HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB TO BETWEEN 110 AND 115 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES AT NIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 75 DEGREES...MEANING THAT THE AIR WILL REMAIN STAGNANT AND OPPRESSIVE. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROVIDE RELIEF FOR A FEW SPOTS BUT HEAT INDICES WILL REACH CRITICAL LEVELS BEFORE THE STORMS DEVELOP.
Local storm report, Jun 25, 5:14 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
514 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
445 PM EUFAULA AL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 BARBOUR TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN EUFAULA
455 PM ALBERTVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 MARSHALL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN ALBERTVILLELocal storm report, Jun 25, 5:14 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
514 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
445 PM EUFAULA AL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 BARBOUR TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN EUFAULA
455 PM ALBERTVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/98 MARSHALL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN ALBERTVILLEThe 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, 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 |
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.