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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 1988Autauga County, Elmore County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1988, 7:58 AM CDT for Autauga County, Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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 10, 1988, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1988, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Autauga County, AL, Elmore 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 10, 8:20 AM CDTHail 1.25Autauga, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 1988-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1447 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1988-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.3

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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 Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa55 min
May 9, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBTallapoosa52 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
May 10, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPearl River44 min
May 10, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHarrison46 min
May 10, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPearl River36 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.