Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 156, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 28, 1998, 1:35 PM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min. 4 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
- Sep 28, 1998, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 1998, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Troy, AL | Hurricane Georges spawned tornadoes across southeast and south central Alabama on the 28th and 29th. The first tornado touched down in extreme southwest Pike County. Numerous trees and power lines down in the Camp Sharon and Fleetwood communities. This tornado |
| Sep 28, 2:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Troy, AL | Wind associated with a thunderstorm downed trees near the intersection of SR 10 and CR 5 in western Pike County. |
| Sep 28, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Troy, AL | A tornado moved northward across southeastern Pike county and knocked trees down east of Hamilton Crossroads. |
| Sep 28, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Troy, AL | A tornado knocked trees down in Shiloh and Monticello as it moved northward across eastern Pike County. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
568 WFUS1 KBHM 281836 RRA TORBHM ALC109-281915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 135 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PIKE COUNTY... IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 134 PM CDT... A TORNADO WAS DETECTED...BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR JUST NORTH OF ELBA MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR HENDERSON AROUND 145 PM. 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, Sep 28, 10:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-290330- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1043 AM CDT MON SEP 28 1998 HURRICANE GEORGES HAS MADE LANDFALL NEAR BILOXI MISSISSIPPI AND HAS NOT MOVED MUCH IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FOR BARBOUR..PIKE..AND MARENGO COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR PIKE..LOWNDES..DALLAS..PERRY..MARENGO..HALE..GREENE..AND SUMTER COUNTIES. A HIGH WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR LOWNDES..DALLAS..PERRY..MARENGO..HALE..GREENE..AND SUMTER COUNTIES. MOST OF THESE WATCHES AND ADVISORIES EXTENDED FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. HURRICANE GEORGES WILL NOT MOVE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THEREFORE...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING FARTHER INTO THE STATE. AT 1030AM..THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA..TO MONTGOMERY..TO LIVINGSTON IN SUMTER COUNTY. THE RAIN AREA WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY. 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/
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 10:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-290330- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1043 AM CDT MON SEP 28 1998 HURRICANE GEORGES HAS MADE LANDFALL NEAR BILOXI MISSISSIPPI AND HAS NOT MOVED MUCH IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FOR BARBOUR..PIKE..AND MARENGO COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR PIKE..LOWNDES..DALLAS..PERRY..MARENGO..HALE..GREENE..AND SUMTER COUNTIES. A HIGH WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR LOWNDES..DALLAS..PERRY..MARENGO..HALE..GREENE..AND SUMTER COUNTIES. MOST OF THESE WATCHES AND ADVISORIES EXTENDED FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. HURRICANE GEORGES WILL NOT MOVE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THEREFORE...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING FARTHER INTO THE STATE. AT 1030AM..THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA..TO MONTGOMERY..TO LIVINGSTON IN SUMTER COUNTY. THE RAIN AREA WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY. 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/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 20 min |
| Sep 28, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 35 min |
| Sep 28, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 35 min |
| Sep 28, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 17 min |
| Sep 28, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 33 min |
| Sep 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 19 min |
| Sep 28, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 34 min |
| Sep 28, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 34 min |
| Sep 28, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 33 min |
| Sep 28, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 40 min |
| Sep 28, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 35 min |
| Sep 28, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 35 min |
| Sep 28, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 32 min |
| Sep 28, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Sep 28, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 30 min |
| Sep 28, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore | 32 min |
| Sep 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 32 min |
| Sep 28, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 34 min |
| Sep 28, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.