Tornado Warning 28, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Apr 8, 1998, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)

Expired

Apr 8, 1998, 7:55 PM CDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Franklin 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.

648 
WFUS1 KBHM 090005 RRA
TORBHM
ALC059-090055-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
704 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 755 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...

AT 703 PM CDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST OF RED
BAY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.


<<CALL TO ACTION>>
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.

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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.