Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 3:45 PM CST

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Autauga County, AL, Elmore County, AL

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.

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SVRBHM
ALC001-051-082145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
312 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...AUTAUGA COUNTY...
   ...ELMORE COUNTY...

AT 310 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE
BURKEVIL AREA OF LOWNDES COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH.  THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE PRATTVILLE...
PINE LEVEL...BOOTH...DEATSVILLE...AND TITUS AREAS.

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.

In the hours 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.