Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 70
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 26, 1998, 5:00 PM CST for 15 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 1998, 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 1998, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Perry County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 63 min |
| Feb 26, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Perry | 47 min |
| Feb 26, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 44 min |
| Feb 26, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 35 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas and 7 more | 6 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.