Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1987, 12:15 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1987, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1987, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Boothville, LA (KBVE), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1852 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 KMOB 270514 SVRMOB ALC003-270615- BULLETIN..IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1215 AM CDT MON JUL 27 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN ALABAMA ...BALDWIN...AND THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING LOWER MOBILE BAY AND BON SECOUR BAY... AT 1210 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BALDWIN COUNTY FROM THE NORTHEAST. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. CAMPERS IN COASTAL PARKS AND SHRIMPERS AND FISHERMEN IN THE BAYS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THESE STORMS NOW.
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, Jul 26, 9:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 935 PM CST SUN JUL 27 1987 AT 930 PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR DEFUNIAK SPRINGS FLORIDA...EXTENDING NORTHWEST THROUGH COVINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...FRE- QUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HAIL. FURTHER STATEMENTS A'ND/OR WARNINGS MAY BE NECESSARY...STAY TUNED. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 9:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 935 PM CST SUN JUL 26 1987 AT 930 PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR DEFUNIAK SPRINGS FLORIDA...EXTENDING NORTHWEST THROUGH COVINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...FRE- QUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HAIL.2 FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS MAY BE NECESSARY...STAY TUNED. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 10:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1035 PM CST SUN JUL 26 1987 AT 1030 PM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM EASTERN ESCAM- BIA COUNTY ALABAMA...EXTENDING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH OKALOOSA AND AND CENTRAL WALTON COUNTIES FLORIDA. THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE LINE MAY PRODUCE HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH POWER OUTAGES AND HAIL. FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNIhNGS MAY BE NECESSARY... STAY TUNED. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 12:05 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1204 AM CDT MON JUL 27 1987 ...A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER IS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 1200 AM CDT MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF MOLINO FLORIDA TO PENSACOLA. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...BUT THE MOVEMENT MAY CHANGE TO THE WEST AT MORE THAN 30 MILES AN HOUR SOON. IF THE PRESENT MOVEMENT AND INTENSITIES CONTINUE WARNINGS WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE ISSUED FOR BALDWIN COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.