Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 4:11 PM CST (22:11 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 5:00 PM CST

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Madison County, AL, Morgan 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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WUUS1 KBHM 082215 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC089-103-082300-

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

   ...MADISON COUNTY...
   ...EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 409 PM CST... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10
MILES EAST OF HARTSELLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.


<<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.

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.