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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Mobile, AL

July 16, 1986Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1986, 4:30 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1986, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1986, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Conecuh 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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1986-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 429 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1986-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jul 16, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
230 PM CDT WED JUL 16 1986

AT 730 PM CDT...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY HEAVY..COVERED
MUCH OF THE FOUR WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. HEAVIEST
AND MOST WERE CONCENTRATED BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND CRESTVIEW. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DISPLAYING FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALONG WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH
ALABAMA WITH THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING ALONG AND OFF THE ALABAMA
COAST.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH ABOUT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY..CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
230 PM CDT WED JUL 16 1986

AT 230 PM CDT...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY HEAVY..COVERED
MUCH OF THE FOUR WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. HEAVIEST
AND MOST WERE CONCENTRATED BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND CRESTVIEW. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DISPLAYING FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALONG WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH
ALABAMA WITH THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING ALONG AND OFF THE ALABAMA
COAST.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH ABOUT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY..CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
330 PM CDT WED JUL 16 1986

AT 330 PM CDT...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY HEAVY..COVERED
MUCH OF THE FOUR WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. HEAVIEST
AND MOST WERE CONCENTRATED FROM PENSACOLA EAST TO SOUTH WALTON COUNTY.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALONG WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH
ALABAMA AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF MOBILE BAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH ABOUT 10 MPH.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.