Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1988, 5:25 AM CST for Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1988, 5:25 AM CST (11:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1988, 6:30 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMOB 181125
SVRMOB
MSC047-059-181230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
525 AM CST MON JAN 18 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
...HARRISON...JACKSON
THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED HAIL THE SIZE OF A NICKEL
2 MILES NORTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 NORTH OF GULFPORT JUST A
FEW MINUTES AGO. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HAIL IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO JACKSON COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
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 ROADS 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, Jan 18, 3:59 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 400 AM CST MON JAN 18 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA... AT 355 AM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA EXTENDING INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA. A STONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF ATMORE ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENGTS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 4:36 AM CST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 435 AM CST MON JAN 18 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED AT 430 AM THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THEY WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY wRAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. IN ADDITION...SOME HAIL MAY FALL FROM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY AN OFF-DUTY FAA CONTROLLER 6 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE MOBILE AIRPORT AT 426 AM.
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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.