Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 112
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 19, 1998, 8:30 PM CST for 30 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 1998, 8:30 PM CST (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1998, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties
Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
30 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion | 59 min |
| Mar 19, 8:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 9:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman, Winston | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison, Marshall | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 10:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 10:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 62 min |
| Mar 19, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cullman | 22 min |
| Mar 19, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 65 min |
| Mar 19, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marshall | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 11:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jackson | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Dallas | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 60 min |
| Mar 20, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 79 min |
| Mar 20, 12:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 47 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 12 more | 5 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.