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Tornado Warning 98, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1998, 9:05 PM CDT for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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
- May 6, 1998, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1998, 9:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Autauga County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 560 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBHM 070205 RRA TORBHM ALC001-070250- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 905 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN AUTAUGA COUNTY... IN CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 950 PM CDT * AT 902 PM CDT... A TORNADO WAS DETECTED...BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OVER CENTRAL AUTAUGA COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY SOUTHERN AUTAUGA COUNTY ESPECIALLY AREAS NEAR AUTAUGAVILLE. 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, May 6, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
ALZ005>010-016-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 615 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IN ALABAMA LIMESTONE...MADISON...MORGAN...MARSHALL...JACKSON...DEKALB AND CULLMAN. OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, May 6, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
ALZ005>010-016-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 615 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IN ALABAMA LIMESTONE...MADISON...MORGAN...MARSHALL...JACKSON...DEKALB AND CULLMAN. OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, May 6, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
ALZ017>018-020-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 715 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IN ALABAMA BLOUNT...ETOWAH...AND CHEROKEE. OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, May 6, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
ALZ017>018-020-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 715 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IN ALABAMA BLOUNT...ETOWAH...AND CHEROKEE. OTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
Local storm report, May 6, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
801 PM CDT WED MAY 06 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 PM ADDISON AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 WINSTON HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
WAS REPORTED NEAR ADDISON.
0515 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
05/06/98 CULLMAN TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN
NEAR WEST POINT.
0540 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
05/06/98 CULLMAN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
0605 PM NORTHPORT AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN NORTHPORT.
0610 PM NORTHPORT AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HAIL THE SIZE OF QUAARTERS
WAS REPORTED IN NORTHPORT.
0619 PM AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN MCFARLAND.
0625 PM COTTONDALE AL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN COTTONDALE.
0635 PM TRUSSVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 JEFFERSON DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN TRUSSVILLE.
0645 PM TUSCALOOSA AL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN TUSCALOOSA.
0645 PM AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 JEFFERSON HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS
WAS REPORTED AT HWY 280
AND I459.
0655 PM AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 SHELBY HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
WAS REPORTED NEAR VANDIBER
IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE COUNTY.
0700 PM DUNCANVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR DUNCANVILLE.
0725 PM BRENT AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 BIBB GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN BRENT.Local storm report, May 6, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM
801 PM CDT WED MAY 06 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 PM ADDISON AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 WINSTON HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
WAS REPORTED NEAR ADDISON.
0515 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
05/06/98 CULLMAN TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN
NEAR WEST POINT.
0540 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
05/06/98 CULLMAN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE
COUNTY.
0605 PM NORTHPORT AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN NORTHPORT.
0610 PM NORTHPORT AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HAIL THE SIZE OF QUAARTERS
WAS REPORTED IN NORTHPORT.
0619 PM AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN MCFARLAND.
0625 PM COTTONDALE AL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN COTTONDALE.
0635 PM TRUSSVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 JEFFERSON DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN TRUSSVILLE.
0645 PM TUSCALOOSA AL 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN TUSCALOOSA.
0645 PM AL .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 JEFFERSON HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS
WAS REPORTED AT HWY 280
AND I459.
0655 PM AL 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 SHELBY HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
WAS REPORTED NEAR VANDIBER
IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE COUNTY.
0700 PM DUNCANVILLE AL .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 TUSCALOOSA DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR DUNCANVILLE.
0725 PM BRENT AL 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/98 BIBB GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN BRENT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 64 min |
| May 6, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 60 min |
| May 6, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 47 min |
| May 6, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 60 min |
| May 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 47 min |
| May 6, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 47 min |
| May 6, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 18 min |
| May 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 46 min |
| May 6, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 48 min |
| May 6, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas | 66 min |
| May 6, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 47 min |
| May 6, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 42 min |
| May 6, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 50 min |
| May 6, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| May 6, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 65 min |
| May 7, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 62 min |
| May 7, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 36 min |
| May 7, 5:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 19 min |
| May 7, 5:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 30 min |
| May 7, 5:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 45 min |
| May 7, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 25 min |
| May 7, 6:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 31 min |
| May 7, 6:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 35 min |
| May 7, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 47 min |
| May 7, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Limestone | 51 min |
| May 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 50 min |
| May 7, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Madison | 63 min |
| May 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| May 7, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jackson | 67 min |
| May 7, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 48 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.