Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 5:50 PM CST (23:50 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 6:25 PM CST

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Elmore County, AL, Tallapoosa 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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ALC051-123-090025-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 625 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...NORTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY...

IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...TALLAPOOSA COUNTY...

AT 550 PM CST... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
ELMORE COUNTY NEAR WETUMPKA.  THE STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL
THE SIZE OF NICKELS IN WETUMPKA.  THE STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS ACROSS
NORTHEAST ELMORE COUNTY...ACROSS LAKE MARTIN...TO THE ALEXANDER CITY
AND DADEVILLE AREAS.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>
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.

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.