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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1998, 9:52 PM CDT for Cleburne County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 1998, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 10:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cleburne County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765 WFUS1 KBHM 090251 RRA TORBHM ALC029-090340- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 952 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM AL HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1040 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...CLEBURNE COUNTY... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBILE TORNADO MOVING INTO CLEBURNE COUNTY...IMPACTING THE GRANTLY AND OAK LEVEL. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AS IT MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. ADDITIONAL SEVER THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY. <<CALL TO ACTION>> THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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
Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:19 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
919 PM CDT WED APR 08 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 TUSCALOOSA MOBILE HOME DESTROYED ON
COUNTY RD. 59...7 MILES
NORTH OF BROOKWOOD... SOME
INJURIES OCCURRED.
0835 PM AL TORNADO
04/08/98 JEFFERSON CHURCH DESTROYED BY
POSSIBLE TORNADO ON
BIRMINGPORT RD IN
JEFFERSON CO... TIME
ESTIMATED...NO REPORTS OF
INJURIES AT THIS TIME.
0835 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 WINSTON SEVERAL VEHICLES AND ROOF
DAMAGE BY UNKNOWN SIZED
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN
EASTERN WINSTON COUNTY.
0844 PM AL TORNADO
04/08/98 JEFFERSON POSSIBLE TORNADO DESTROYED
THE OAK GROVE FIRE
STATION...BUILDING IS
GONE.. ALL ROADS AROUND
LOCATION ARE CLOSED.
0845 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 JEFFERSON UNKNOWN WIND DAMAGE WITH
PERSONAL INJURIES.
0848 PM MOUNDVILLE AL
04/08/98 HALE NUMEROUS SPOTTER REPORTS
OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR
MOUNDVILLE.
0848 PM FT PAYNE AL 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 DEKALB QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED IN THE CITY OF FT
PAYNE.
0855 PM PINSON AL .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 JEFFERSON DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
NEAR PINSON BY STORM
SPOTTERS.
0901 PM MOULTON AL .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 LAWRENCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY HAMS NEAR MOULTON.Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:19 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
919 PM CDT WED APR 08 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 TUSCALOOSA MOBILE HOME DESTROYED ON
COUNTY RD. 59...7 MILES
NORTH OF BROOKWOOD... SOME
INJURIES OCCURRED.
0835 PM AL TORNADO
04/08/98 JEFFERSON CHURCH DESTROYED BY
POSSIBLE TORNADO ON
BIRMINGPORT RD IN
JEFFERSON CO... TIME
ESTIMATED...NO REPORTS OF
INJURIES AT THIS TIME.
0835 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 WINSTON SEVERAL VEHICLES AND ROOF
DAMAGE BY UNKNOWN SIZED
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN
EASTERN WINSTON COUNTY.
0844 PM AL TORNADO
04/08/98 JEFFERSON POSSIBLE TORNADO DESTROYED
THE OAK GROVE FIRE
STATION...BUILDING IS
GONE.. ALL ROADS AROUND
LOCATION ARE CLOSED.
0845 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 JEFFERSON UNKNOWN WIND DAMAGE WITH
PERSONAL INJURIES.
0848 PM MOUNDVILLE AL
04/08/98 HALE NUMEROUS SPOTTER REPORTS
OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR
MOUNDVILLE.
0848 PM FT PAYNE AL 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 DEKALB QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED IN THE CITY OF FT
PAYNE.
0855 PM PINSON AL .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 JEFFERSON DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
NEAR PINSON BY STORM
SPOTTERS.
0901 PM MOULTON AL .88 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 LAWRENCE NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY HAMS NEAR MOULTON.Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:37 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
937 PM CDT WED APR 08 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM EDGEWATER AL TORNADO
04/08/98 JEFFERSON POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
NEAR
EDGEWATER..UNSPECIFIED
DAMAGE.. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTERS.
0830 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 MARION WIND AND HAIL DAMAGE
REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY
241...HOMES DAMAGED..
REPORTED BY EMA.
0850 PM AL 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 DEKALB 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED JUST
NORTH OF FORT PAYNE.
0905 PM AL TORNADO
04/08/98 JEFFERSON SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE BY
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE
OAK GROVE AREA.
0908 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 DEKALB TREES..SIGNS..AND POWER
LINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
168 AND 68..WEST OF
COLLINSVILLE.
0912 PM MOULTON AL 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 LAWRENCE QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED 10 MILES EAST OF
MOULTON.
0912 PM AL TORNADO
04/08/98 ST CLAIR SUSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE
BETHEL CHURCH ON HIGHWAY
11...POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN.
0920 PM PELL CITY AL TORNADO
04/08/98 ST CLAIR TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
GROUND ON MARIAH RD....7
MILES NORTH OF PELL CITY..
NO DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS
TIME.
0922 PM DECATUR AL .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 MORGAN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5
SOUTH DECATUR.Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:37 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
937 PM CDT WED APR 08 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM EDGEWATER AL TORNADO
04/08/98 JEFFERSON POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
NEAR
EDGEWATER..UNSPECIFIED
DAMAGE.. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTERS.
0830 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 MARION WIND AND HAIL DAMAGE
REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY
241...HOMES DAMAGED..
REPORTED BY EMA.
0850 PM AL 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 DEKALB 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED JUST
NORTH OF FORT PAYNE.
0905 PM AL TORNADO
04/08/98 JEFFERSON SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE BY
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE
OAK GROVE AREA.
0908 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 DEKALB TREES..SIGNS..AND POWER
LINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
168 AND 68..WEST OF
COLLINSVILLE.
0912 PM MOULTON AL 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 LAWRENCE QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED 10 MILES EAST OF
MOULTON.
0912 PM AL TORNADO
04/08/98 ST CLAIR SUSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE
BETHEL CHURCH ON HIGHWAY
11...POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN.
0920 PM PELL CITY AL TORNADO
04/08/98 ST CLAIR TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
GROUND ON MARIAH RD....7
MILES NORTH OF PELL CITY..
NO DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS
TIME.
0922 PM DECATUR AL .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 MORGAN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5
SOUTH DECATUR.Special weather statement, Apr 8, 9:44 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
ALZ001>003-011-012-090320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 944 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ALABAMA B ...LAUDERDALE... COLBERT... FRANKLIN... MARION... LAMAR THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES AND ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 9:44 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
ALZ001>003-011-012-090320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 944 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ALABAMA B ...LAUDERDALE... COLBERT... FRANKLIN... MARION... LAMAR THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES AND ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marshall | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 63 min |
| Apr 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 64 min |
| Apr 8, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 66 min |
| Apr 8, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 63 min |
| Apr 8, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 63 min |
| Apr 8, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Apr 8, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 65 min |
| Apr 8, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone, Madison | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby | 62 min |
| Apr 8, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph, Tallapoosa | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.