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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Mobile, AL

November 25, 1986Barbour County, Dale County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 25, 1986, 10:05 PM CST for Barbour County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 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
Nov 25, 1986, 10:05 PM CST (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 1986, 11:05 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barbour County, AL, Dale 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 25, 10:06 PM CSTTornado F3Barbour, AL
Nov 25, 10:45 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Barbour, AL
Nov 25, 11:00 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Barbour, 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 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1986-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1199 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1986-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.4

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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, Nov 25, 5:35 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
540 PM CST TUE NOV 25 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST
FLORIDA.

AT 530 PM CST...SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN
WERE OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THE EXTREME WESTERN END OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND INTO THE GULF TO
MORE THAN 225 MILES SOUTH OF THE ALABAMA COASTLINE. THE HEAVIEST STORMS
WERE FROM NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA SOUTHWAR ALONG EASTERN
BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA AND INTO THE GULF TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF GULF
SHORES.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 6:25 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
615 PM CST TUE NOV 25 1986

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA COUNTIES...BUT THE
WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE...

AT 615 PM CST RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED...OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST BALDWIN COUNTY...AND FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF BREWTON TO
10 MILES WEST OF EVERGREEN.  THESE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF CONDITIONS ]WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 6:26 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
625 PM CST TUE NOV 25 1986

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA COUNTIES...BUT THE
WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE...

AT 625 PM CST RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED...OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST BALDWIN COUNTY...AND FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF BREWTON TO
10 MILES WEST OF EVERGREEN.  THESE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF CONDITIONS `WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 6:35 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
640 PM CST TUE NOV 25 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST
FLORIDA.

AT 630 PM CST...SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN
WERE OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THE EXTREME WESTERN END OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND INTO THE GULF TO
MORE THAN 225 MILES SOUTH OF THE ALABAMA COASTLINnE.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 7:37 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
740 PM CST TUE NOV 25 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST
FLORIDA.

AT 730 PM CST...SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN
WERE OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THE EXTREME WESTERN END OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND INTO THE GULF TO
MORE THAN 225 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 8:43 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
840 PM CST TUE NOV 25 1986

THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA...IT
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

AT 830 PM CST...SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN
WERE OVER ALL OF SOUTH ALABAMA...PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THE WESTERN END OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND INTO THE GULF TO
MORE THAN 225 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 25, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour60 min
Nov 26, 12:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore66 min
Nov 26, 12:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery59 min
Nov 26, 12:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington57 min
Nov 26, 1:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPike58 min
Nov 26, 1:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoffee65 min
Nov 26, 2:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDale67 min
Nov 26, 2:20 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBDale55 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.