Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1986, 5:25 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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 28, 1986, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1986, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clarke 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 28, 5:38 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clarke, AL | |
| Jul 28, 5:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clarke, 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KMOB 282223 SVRMOB ALC025-282300- BULLETIN..IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 525 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA: CLARKE AT 522 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF MONROEVILLE TO JUST NORTH OF GROVE HILL INTO THE NORTHWESTy CORNER OF CLARKE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CLARKE COUNTY.
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 28, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 420 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 415 PM CDT THE MOBILE RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF LEAKESVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES NORTH OF HATTIESBURG. OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DEMOPOLIS ALABAMA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONROEVILLE. ALL OF THESE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, HAIL, AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSI#PPI DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, COMMERCIAL RADIO, OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:52 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 530 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986 A CLUSTER OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY FLORIDA. THEE STORMS WERE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST TOWARD PANAMA CITY AND THE BEACHES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, VERY GUSTY, SHIFTING WINDS, AND BRIEFLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN, LIMITING VISIBILITY FOR VEHICLE OPERATION. LIGHT RAIN EXTENDED NDORTHWARD FROM THE PANAMA CITY AREA TO THE STATE LINE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER THE INTERIORS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. MOVEMENTS WERE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:56 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY ...CORRECTIONS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 530 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986 A CLUSTER OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY FLORIDA. THEE STORMS WERE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST TOWARD PANAMA CITY AND THE BEACHES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, VERY GUSTY, SHIFTING WINDS, AND BRIEFLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN, LIMITING VISIBILITY FOR VEHICLE OPERATION. E LIGHT RAIN EXTENDED NORTHWARD FROM THE PANAMA CITY AREA TO THE STATE LINE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER THE INTERIORS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. MOVEMENTS WERE TO THE SOUTHWEST AT NEAR 10 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 47 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.