Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 845
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 28, 1998, 1:00 PM CDT for 19 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida; 10 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 1998, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 1998, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Pike County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Clarke County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 32 min |
| Sep 28, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 40 min |
| Sep 28, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 20 min |
| Sep 28, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 44 min |
| Sep 28, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 35 min |
| Sep 28, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 17 min |
| Sep 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 19 min |
| Sep 28, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 34 min |
| Sep 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 32 min |
| Sep 28, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 34 min |
| Sep 28, 6:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 7 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 37 min |
| Sep 28, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 15 min |
| Sep 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington | 8 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 8 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 8 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 8 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 15 min |
| Sep 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 73 min |
| Sep 28, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 77 min |
| Sep 29, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 23 min |
| Sep 29, 12:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa and 14 more | 10 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Alabama, 1998Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 1998Tornado Watches in Florida, 1998Every tornado watch in 1998
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.