Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 124, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1998, 6:28 PM CDT for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 77 min. 6 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 9, 1998, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1998, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 77 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pickens County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Carrollton, AL | A weak tornado touched down northwest of Carrollton and uprooted and snapped several trees. The tornado actually moved across the Pickens County Hospital on the north side of Carrollton on SR 17. Minor roof damage was done at the hospital but there were a nu |
| May 9, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Reform, AL | Golf ball size hail was reported in Reform by the EMA. |
| May 9, 7:20 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Gordo, AL | Golf ball size hail was reported by storm spotters, near US 82 and SR 86. |
| May 9, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Gordo, AL | |
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Aliceville, AL | Golf ball size hail was reported in Aliceville by the EMA. |
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Aliceville, AL | Numerous trees were down on the south side of Aliceville. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
409 WFUS1 KBHM 092328 RRA TORBHM ALC107-100045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 628 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PICKENS COUNTY... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 624 PM CDT... A TORNADO WAS DETECTED...BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF THE ALABAMA LINE MOVING EAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS TORNADO IS EXPECTED JUST NORTH OF PICKENSVILLE THEN AFFECT ETHELSVILLE...REFORM...AND GORDO. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
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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.