Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1988, 6:25 AM CST for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1988, 6:25 AM CST (12:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1988, 7:30 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clarke 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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMOB 181225
SVRMOB
ALC025-035-053-099-181330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
625 AM CST MON JAN 18 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...CLARKE...CONECUH...ESCAMBIA
...MONROE
THE MOBILE RADAR AT 623 AM SHOWED SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
INDICATING LARGE HAIL IN THESE COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAIL WAS
REPORTED BY THE CLARKE COUNTY EMA AT 620 AM IN GROVE HILL.
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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 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.
Local storm report, Jan 18, 6:02 AM CST, 23 minutes before
ATTN SELS STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CST MON JAN 18 1988 THE FOLLOWING SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES... AT 544 AM HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN JACKSON ALABAMA ...CLARKE COUNTY...BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AT 555 AM THE ALABAMA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 31 IN BREWTON. TIME OF OCCURRENCE UNKNOWN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 5:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Jan 18, 6:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 65 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.