Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 19, 1998, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 1998, 8:35 PM CST

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Colbert County, AL

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KBHM 200202 RRA
SVRBHM
ALC033-200235-

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 835 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

   ...EASTERN COLBERT COUNTY...

AT 800 PM CST... WEATHER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTER REPORTS A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL MOVING INTO
SOUTHEAST COLBERT COUNTY BETWEEN LITTLEVILLE AND OLD BETHEL.  MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.


<<CALL TO ACTION>>
THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WEAK... SHORT LIVED TORNADOES ALONG
ITS LEADING EDGE. HOWEVER... THE PRIMARY THREAT POSED BY THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS PARTICULARLY DAMAGING WINDS. QUICKLY SEEK SAFETY
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT REMAIN
OUTDOORS. TRUCKS AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIB&LE TO STRONG WINDS AND MAY BE BLOWN OFF 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.