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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1988, 5:09 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 1988, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1988, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 18, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 425 PM CDT MON APR 18 1988 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM IN MOBILE COUNTY AND 445 PM IN BALDWIN COUNTY... A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS MOVING THROUGH THE MOBILE AREA AT 425 THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WERE RECEIVED. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY IS NEARLY OVER FOR MOBILE AND THE ACTIVITY WILL BE SHIFTING TO BALDWIN COUNTY. ONE REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AT THE CAUSEWAY AND 1-10 IN BALWIN COUNTY. LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER SO;UTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND IS HEADED TOWARDS SOUTH ALABAMA SO MORE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pearl River | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 29 min |
Nearby
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.