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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Mobile, AL

July 28, 1986Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1986, 8:20 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1986, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile 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

Boothville, LA (KBVE), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Boothville, LA at 00:00Z on 1986-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2035 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, Boothville, LA at 00:00Z on 1986-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
2035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.4

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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 28, 4:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 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, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 24 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, 2 hours 42 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.
Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
620 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986

530 PM CDT...GROVE HILL CABLE TV REPORTED A 90 FOOT COMMUNICATIONS
TO 545 PM    TOWER DOWN ONTO A PICKUP BY HIGH WINDS.  WIND SPEEDS
             ESTIMATED FROM 50 TO 80 MPH.
             NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED BY THE WINDS ALONG WITH
             POWER LINES.  GROVE HILL IS WITHOUT POWER AS OF 620 PM CDT.
             SOME OF THE TREES DAMAGED CARS AS WELL AS ONE BUSINESS.
555 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTEDLY PASSED OVER JACKSON ALABAMA..
             LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS...TREES ARE REPORTEDLY
             BLOCKING ROADS IN JACKSON.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile41 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.