Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 5:45 PM CST

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison 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 082304
SVRBHM
ALC071-089-082345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

   ...JACKSON COUNTY...
   ...MADISON COUNTY...

AT 458 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM THE HAZEL GREEN AREA...ACROSS THE EASTERN HUNTSVILLE CITY
LIMITS...TO THE WHITESBURG AREA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH TO
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.


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.