Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 587, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1998, 3:47 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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
- Jul 9, 1998, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1998, 4:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Montgomery, AL | Trees and power lines were down in Montgomery. One tree fell on a home and damaged part of the roof. Also 13,000 residents were without power. |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 2394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
355 WUUS1 KBHM 092049 RRA SVRBHM ALC101-092150- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 347 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 450 PM CDT * AT 345 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN...BY WEATHER RADAR JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG HIGHWAY 231. DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORM IN A STRONG BUILDING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER. DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR OTHER ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. THESE ATTRACT LIGHTNING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 2:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 48 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.