Tornado Warning 11, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 8, 1998, 2:53 PM CST (20:53 UTC)

Expired

Mar 8, 1998, 3:25 PM CST

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Lowndes 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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WFUS1 KBHM 082057 RRA
TORBHM
ALC085-082125-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
253 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 325 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA

   ...LOWNDES COUNTY...

AT 252 PM CST... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
LOWNDES COUNTY NEAR MOUNT WILLING.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A
TORNADO IS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED OR DEVELOPING IN THIS STORM.  THE
STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE
HAYNEVILLE...MOSSES...AND LOWNDESBORO AREAS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

In the hours before

ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-081900-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
930 AM CST SUN MAR 0891998

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA FOR TODAY...

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH ALABAMA.   THIS WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH
ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY.

IN ADDITION WARM AIR AND MOISTURE FLOWING NORTHWARD WILL INCREASE
CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH
ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY.

THERE REMAINS THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES ACROSS THE SAME AREA TODAY.  ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS
IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TODAY.   EMERAGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
ALABAMA...AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY.

FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED TODAY.

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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.