Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1986, 8:12 PM CDT for Barbour County, Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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 31, 1986, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barbour County, AL, Henry 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, 8:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Henry, AL | |
| Jul 31, 8:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Barbour, AL | |
| Jul 31, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Barbour, 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
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 3840 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KMGM 010112
SVRMGM
ALC005-067-010215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
812 PM CDT THU JUL 31 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
..WESTERN BARBOUR..HENRY
AT 810 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTH OF
LOUISVILLE AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUFAULA MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE, SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, VERY HEAVY RAIN, AND;
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pike | 68 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.