Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 111, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1998, 5:03 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1998, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1998, 6:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:22 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Scottsboro, AL | |
| May 7, 5:25 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Skyline, AL | |
| May 7, 5:44 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Hollywood, AL | Golf ball size hail was reported in Hollywood. |
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
834 WFUS1 KBHM 072202 RRA TORBHM ALC071-072310- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 503 PM CDT THU MAY 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY... IN NORTHERN ALABAMA * UNTIL 610 PM CDT * AT 502 PM CDT... A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DETECTED...BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR NEAR NEW MARKET MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...PRINCTON AND HYTOP AND SKYLINE DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 7, 11:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-080420- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1133 AM CDT THU MAY 7 1998 DRIER AIR IS STARTING TO INTRUDE ALOFT WHILE DEW POINTS CONTINUE IN 60S ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND IN THE 70S ELSEWHERE. AREA WITH DEEPER MOISTURE ONLY REMAINS IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF ALABAMA AND THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST AND NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT STILL REMAINS FROM KY THROUGH AR WITH A WARM FRONT FROM CENTRAL TN TO NE AL AND INTO SOUTHERN GA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG THESE FRONTS BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THEY WILL BE SEVERE. THEREFORE IT APPEARS THAT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS DIMINISHING OVER MOST OF ALABAMA. THE THREAT REMAINS MOSTLY IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IF ANY ACTIVITY DOES NOT BREAK OUT BY LATE AFTERNOON THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE ENDING. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED IF ACTIVITY DOES NOT DEVELOP IN THE NORTHEAST BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SEE PRODUCT BHMSPSMOB. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... LOOK AT MIASPSTLH. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.ACESAG.AUBURN.EDU/DEPARTMENT/NWS/
Local storm report, May 7, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
500 PM CDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0427 PM ARDMORE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 LIMESTONE DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
ARDMORE
0433 PM TONEY AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 MADISON
0440 PM HAZEL GREEN AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 MADISON DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
HAZEL GREEN
0443 PM HAZEL GREEN AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 MADISON
0452 PM HAZEL GREEN AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 MADISONLocal storm report, May 7, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
500 PM CDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0427 PM ARDMORE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 LIMESTONE DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
ARDMORE
0433 PM TONEY AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 MADISON
0440 PM HAZEL GREEN AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 MADISON DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
HAZEL GREEN
0443 PM HAZEL GREEN AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 MADISON
0452 PM HAZEL GREEN AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 MADISONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 64 min |
| May 6, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 60 min |
| May 6, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 47 min |
| May 6, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 60 min |
| May 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 47 min |
| May 6, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 47 min |
| May 6, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 18 min |
| May 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 46 min |
| May 6, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 48 min |
| May 6, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 66 min |
| May 6, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 45 min |
| May 6, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 47 min |
| May 6, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 42 min |
| May 6, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 50 min |
| May 6, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| May 6, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 65 min |
| May 7, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 62 min |
| May 7, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 36 min |
| May 7, 5:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 19 min |
| May 7, 5:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 30 min |
| May 7, 5:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 45 min |
| May 7, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 25 min |
| May 7, 6:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 31 min |
| May 7, 6:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 35 min |
| May 7, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 47 min |
| May 7, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 51 min |
| May 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 50 min |
| May 7, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 63 min |
| May 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| May 7, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 48 min |
Nearby
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Sources
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.