Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 19, 1998, 7:18 PM CST (01:18 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 1998, 8:00 PM CST

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Franklin 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.

839 
WUUS1 KBHM 200117 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC059-200200-

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...

AT 711 PM CST... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER WESTERN MARION COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH TOWARD SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IS EXPECTED IN THE HODGES AND PHIL CAMPBELL AREAS BETWEEN 725 AND 740
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

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.