Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1987, 6:17 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 26, 1987, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1987, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Houston, 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
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMGM 262317
SVRMGM
ALC069-270015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
617 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...HOUSTON
AT 615PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF
DOTHAN MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 RO[ADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, Jun 26, 2:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE SCATTERED OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH. PERSONS IN THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS WILL EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER THE APALACHICOLA RIVER DELTA...EXTENDING SOUT:HWEST OVWER THE GILF FOR 90 MILES.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...DATE CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE SCATTERED OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH. PERSONS IN THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS WILL EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER THE APALACHICOLA RIVER D<ELTA...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST OVWER THE GILF FOR 90 MILES.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. AT 330 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE SCATTERED OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA...EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA. A FEW SHOWERS WERE OVER THE EASTERN FLORIDA PAN- HANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH.
Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
ATTN SELS STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 427 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1987 315 PM CDT...AN EIGHT INCH DIAMETER TREE WAS BLOWN ACROSS A DRIVEWAY NEAR THE FOWL RIVER COMMUNITY...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRVINGTON. ANOTHER REPORT AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME ESTIMATED WINDS TO BE AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:58 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR BALDWIN...MONROE...CONECUH ...AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AS OF 555 PM CDT SCTTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF ATMORE ALABAMA MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WHILE SOME OF THE STORMS MDAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAS LESSENED AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BALDWIN...MONROE... CONECUH...AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF ALABAMA.
Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:59 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
550 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1987
425 PM CDT...RADIO STATION REPORTED THAT LISTENER CALLED IN A FUNNEL
CLOUD...SIGHTED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEENSACOLA.
450 PM CDT...PARK SERVICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER FORT PICKENS
NATIONAL SEASHORE...JUST SOUTH OF PENSACOLA.
455 PM CDT...PEAK WIND GUST TO 47 MPH AT PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION.The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore, Montgomery | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.