Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 160, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 28, 1998, 2:34 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 1998, 3:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lowndes County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Letohatchee, AL | A tornado moved northwest along CR 97 from Letohatchee to Hayneville. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down, one mobile home was totally destroyed, and several others sustained minor damage. |
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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
848 WFUS1 KBHM 281935 RRA TORBHM ALC085-282010- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 234 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LOWNDES COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 310 PM CDT * AT 233 PM CDT... A TORNADO WAS DETECTED...BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OVER EXTREME NORTH CRENSHAW COUNTY MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT NEAR 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR LETOHATCHEE AROUND 250 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, 3 hours 51 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, 3 hours 51 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, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 40 min |
| 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, 2:43 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 |
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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.