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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Mobile, AL

May 9, 1988Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1988, 11:23 PM CDT for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1988, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1988, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Tallapoosa 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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 00:00Z on 1988-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 955 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1988-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
955 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 100425
SVRMGM
ALC123-090515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1123 PM CDT MON MAY 9 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...TALLAPOOSA
 
AT 11 25PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDER CITY MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
 
 
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 HOKME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa55 min
May 10, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Elmore62 min
May 10, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore69 min
May 10, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBElmore, Tallapoosa42 min
May 10, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMacon45 min
May 10, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke28 min
May 10, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore64 min
May 10, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe41 min
May 10, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour67 min
May 10, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMacon67 min
May 10, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler69 min
May 10, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh52 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.