Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1986, 2:00 PM CST for Lowndes 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
- Feb 10, 1986, 2:00 PM CST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1986, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lowndes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2:15 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Lowndes, 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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMGM 102001 SVRMGM ALC085-102100- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL 200 PM CST MON FEB 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR LOWNDES COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 155 PM RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO FORT DEPOSIT. LARGE HAIL COULD OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE ISSUED IF NECESSARY. DEVAUGHN
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, 4 hours 16 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, 3 hours 13 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, 2 hours 15 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, 1 hour 17 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 53 min |
| Feb 10, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 1:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 76 min |
| Feb 10, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 30 min |
| Feb 10, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.