Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 94
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 8, 1998, 10:00 AM CST for 15 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; Clay County, Early County, Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 1998, 10:00 AM CST (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1998, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Butler 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, Monroe County, AL, Pike County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA, Quitman County, GA
Warnings issued inside it
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 11:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Early | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Coffee | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 62 min |
| Mar 8, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 63 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 650 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 709 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
838 WWUS9 KMKC 081531 SEL4 MKC WW 081531 FLZ000-ALZ000-082100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 94 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 931 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1000 AM UNTIL 300 PM CST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MARIANNA FLORIDA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92. WATCH NUMBER 92 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1000 AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 93... DISCUSSION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM NEAR MOBILE BAY INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...WITH ADDITIONAL INTENSE CONVECTION NOW EVIDENT OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF. STORMS WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS MID/UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AIR MASS IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDEX TO -5...AND VAD WIND PROFILE FROM KEVX DISPLAYS SUFFICIENT SHEAR TO CONTINUE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22060. ...WEISS 315,0875 315,0845 293,0845 293,0875
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Escambia and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Franklin and 12 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Alabama, 1998Tornado Watches in Florida, 1998Tornado Watches in Georgia, 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.