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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1986, 2:40 PM CDT for Dale County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1986, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1986, 3:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dale County, AL, Houston County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 3:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Houston, AL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 231939 SVRMGM ALC069-045-232040- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 240 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3 40 PM CDT FOR DALE AND HOUSTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. AT 2 40 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR BETWEEN FT. RUCKER AND DOTHAN MOVING VERY SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTH. AT 2 24PM CDT gSTRONG WINDS TO OVER 60 MPH WERE REPORTED AT DOTHAN AIRPORT WITH SOME HAIL ALSO REPORTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pike | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.