Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 19, 1998, 6:21 PM CST (00:21 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 1998, 7:10 PM CST

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Franklin County, AL

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TTAA00 KBHM 200021 RRA
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ALC059-200110-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
621 PM CST THU MAR 19 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 710 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...

AT 618 PM CST... STORM SPOTTER REPORTS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR RED BAY.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND SHOULD BE NEAR
RUSSELLVILLE AROUND 640 PM.



<<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

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