Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1986, 6:05 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1986, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1986, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Monroe 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
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 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 282304 SVRMOB ALC129-025-099-003-282345- BULLETIN..IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 605 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA: WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN CLARKE...SOUTHERN MONROE...NORTHERN BALDWIN AT 603 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY TO JACKSON ALABAMA AND ON INTO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY. WINDS HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 80 MPH WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINE IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH.
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 45 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, 1 hour 13 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, 1 hour 9 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:38 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 630 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986 A CLUSTER OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWESTERN BAY COUNTY FLORIDA. THEE STORMS WERE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, VERY GUSTY, SHIFTING WINDS, AND BRIEFLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN, LIMITING VISIBILITY FOR VEHICLE OPERATION. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST BAY COUNTY OUT OVER THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THERE. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD AVOID THESE STORMS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTHWARD FROM THE PANAMA CITY AREA TO THE STATE LINE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHWEST CEWNTRAL ALABAMA AND OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. 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, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.