Tornado Warning 35, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Apr 8, 1998, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)

Expired

Apr 8, 1998, 8:25 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Winston 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.

911 
WFUS1 KBHM 090038 RRC
TORBHM
ALC133-090125-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 825 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

   ...WINSTON COUNTY...

AT 736 PM CDT... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING INTO
WINSTON COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF NATURAL BRIDGE.


<<CALL TO ACTION>>
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.
 IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE... SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH
AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS... PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER
YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.