Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Jackson, MS

May 24, 1988Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1988, 1:39 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
May 24, 1988, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1988, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Choctaw 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
May 24, 1:45 PM CDTHail 1.75Choctaw, 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 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 12:00Z on 1988-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 12:00Z on 1988-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWayne46 min
May 24, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis18 min
May 24, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones50 min
May 24, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington32 min
May 24, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWayne69 min
May 24, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike, Walthall37 min
May 24, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones60 min
May 24, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis16 min
May 24, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke37 min
May 24, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWalthall44 min
May 24, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion34 min
May 24, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.