Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1986, 7:52 PM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 68 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 31, 1986, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike 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 31, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Pike, 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 text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KMGM 010052
SVRMGM
ALC109-010200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
752 PM CDT THU JUL 31 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
..PIKE
AT 750 PM RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH
OF TROY MOVING SOUTH A 20 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T+ DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour, Henry | 63 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.