Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1987, 6:39 PM CST for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 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
- Feb 15, 1987, 6:39 PM CST (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1987, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 7:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Montgomery, 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.
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TTAAOO KMGM 160039
SVRMGM
ALC101-160145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
639 PM CST SUN FEB 15 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
..MONTGOMERY
AT 645 PM RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF
DANNELLY FIELD MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER,
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.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, Feb 15, 1:36 PM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 135 PM CST SUN FEB 15 1987 AT 130 PM CST...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS...SOME VERY HEAVY...WAS OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS... AND WAS MOVING INTO THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE AROUND THE MOBILE AREA AND IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND' FOR MARINE INTERESTS THE ADDITIONAL ROUGH SEAS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 3:35 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 335 PM CST SUN FEB 15 1987 ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 500 PM CST... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 10 WAS CANCELED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AT AT 330 PM CST... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 11 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 800 PM CST... AT 330 PM CST MOBILE RADAR SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF MOBILE...MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROCHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 PM CST SUN FEB 15 1987 AT 330 PM CST...A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...AND BAY COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM CST. NUMEROUS HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THERE DOWN TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE EXTREME WESTERN TIP OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE NEAR PENSACOLA AND THE MILTON/CRESTVIEW AREAS. WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANIED THE STORMS AND WAS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN TIP OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE COASTAL WATERS UP TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT OF THE RAINS AND STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 4:30 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 435 PM CST SUN FEB 15 1987 AT 430 PM CST...A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...WASHINGTON...HOLMES... AND BAY COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL ALABAMA AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND THE EXTREME WESTERN END OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANIED THE STORMS AND WAS SPREAD OVER MUCH OF SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE EXTREME WESTERN END OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE RAIN EXTENDED INTO THE GULF TO 125 MILES SOUTH OF THE COASTLINE. MOVEMENT OF THE 1SYSTEM WAS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 5:41 PM CST, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 PM CST SUN FEB 15 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 11 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOBILE..BALDWIN.. WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA..BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE..CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES. THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM DAUPHIN ISLAND EASTWARD TO THE FLORIDA LINE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOBILE COUNTY ISSUED AT 420 PM IS CANCELLED. WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED AT 530 PM THE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS WILL END THE ROUGH WEATHER QUICKLY OVER THE AREA AS THEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EASTWARD. STREET FLOODING WAS WIDESPREAD IN MOBILE SHORTLY AFTER 400 PM. THE RAIN GUAGE AT MOBILE INDICATED A RAINFALL OF .60 INCH IN 10 MINUTES ENDING AT 415 PM.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 6:30 PM CST, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 635 PM CST SUN FEB 15 1987 AT 630 PM CST...A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...WASHINGTON...HOLMES... AND BAY COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EXTREME WESTERN END OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INTO THE GULF TO MORE THAN 125 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA. A LARGE CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE GULF 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WALTON BEACH AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THAT COMMUNITY. THESE STORMS WILL BRING VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY PASS. WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN WAS OVER SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EXTENDED INTO THE GULF FOR 150 MILES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.
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.