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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

February 10, 1986Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1986, 1:07 PM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 1986, 1:07 PM CST (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 1986, 2:00 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1986-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1986-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Feb 10, 9:44 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
935 AM CST MON FEB 10 1986

AT 930 AM CST...A LARGE CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE IN HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES WITH THE
HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF VERNON IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST OFFSHORE FROM MOBILE BAY TO
SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AND TO NEAR NAVARRE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PATCHES OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WERE OVER THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE..SOUTHWEST ALABAMA..AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATER.

THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY
WIND AROUND *45 MILES AN HOUR..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL..FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS..AND ROUGH SEAS FOR BOATERS
..PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 10:47 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1035 AM CST MON FEB 10 1986

AT 1030 AM CST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY HEAVY..MIXED WITH
PATCHES OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE..SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA..SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI..AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 25 MILE RADIUS OF PENSACOLA..
AND AROUND MARIANNA IN JACKSON COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY
WIND AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL..FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS..AND ROUGH SEAS FOR BOATUERS
..PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 11:45 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1135 AM CST MON FEB 10 1986

AT 1130 AM CST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY HEAVY..MIXED WITH
PATCHES OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE..SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA..SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI..AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM ALONG THE COASTLINE
BETWEEN MOBILE BAY AND PENSACOLA..FROM AROUND PENSACOLA TO CRESTVIEW..
AND IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN HATTIESBURG AND MOBILE.
THE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY FROM CRESTVIEW TO EAST OF MARIANNA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY
WIND AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL..FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS..AND ROUGH SEAS FOR BOATERS
..PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 12:43 PM CST, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1235 PM CST MON FEB 10 1986

AT 1230 PM CST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY HEAVY..MIXED WITH
PATCHES OF RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE..SOUTHERN ALABAMA..
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI..AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE WESTERN 75 MILES
OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE..AND BETWEEN MOBILE AND MARIDIAN.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY
WIND AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL..FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS..AND ROUGH SEAS FQOR BOATERS
..PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS
AND KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWilcox60 min
Feb 10, 1:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe76 min
Feb 10, 2:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLowndes60 min
Feb 10, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin50 min
Feb 10, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler30 min
Feb 10, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin60 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.