Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1998, 11:15 AM CST for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 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
- Mar 8, 1998, 11:15 AM CST (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1998, 12:20 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
416 WUUS1 KBHM 081719 RRA SVRBHM ALC101-081820- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1115 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1220 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AT 1115 AM CST... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY NEAR SELLERS AND GRADY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND MAY RESULT FROM THIS STORM. <<CALL TO ACTION>> 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, Mar 8, 8:03 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
ALZ049-050-GAZ089-090-102-120-081705- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 803 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. IN ALABAMA...PIKE...BARBOUR. IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...MUSCOGEE.. CHATTAHOOCHE...STEWART...AND QUITMAN. AT 8 AM CST(9AM EST)...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO GEORGIA AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAM AND WEST- CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS DIMINSISHED.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 8:03 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
ALZ049-050-GAZ089-090-102-120-081705- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 803 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. IN ALABAMA...PIKE...BARBOUR. IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...MUSCOGEE.. CHATTAHOOCHE...STEWART...AND QUITMAN. AT 8 AM CST(9AM EST)...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO GEORGIA AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAM AND WEST- CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS DIMINSISHED.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 9:21 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-081900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 930 AM CST SUN MAR 0891998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR TODAY... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. IN ADDITION WARM AIR AND MOISTURE FLOWING NORTHWARD WILL INCREASE CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. THERE REMAINS THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ACROSS THE SAME AREA TODAY. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TODAY. EMERAGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ALABAMA...AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 11:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 1:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 20 min |
| Mar 8, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 7:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Russell | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 2:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Etowah | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 3:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 18 min |
| Mar 8, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Morgan | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 4:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Randolph | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Morgan | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 51 min |
| Mar 8, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson, Madison | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 18 min |
| Mar 8, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 17 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.