Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1988, 3:03 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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 24, 1988, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1988, 3:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County George County, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | George, MS |
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
Boothville, LA (KBVE), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 2654 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMOB 242006
SVRMOB
MSC039-242045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
303 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
...GEORGE
AT 300 PM CDT MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LUCEDALE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND
WILL MOVE INTO LUCEDALE BY 330 PM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.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, May 24, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1230 PM CDT MON MAY 24 1988 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR ESCAMBIA... SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...HOLMES...WASHINGTON AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA FROM MONTGOMERY TO 35 MILES NORTH OF MOBILE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS JUST NORTH OF MONTGOMERY AND OVER NORTH MONROE COUNTY IN ALABAMA. ANOTHER PATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE GULF 30 TO 100 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, May 24, 1:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
125 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1988
TIME CO/STATE EVENT
1225 PM CLARKE/AL MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC IN
WALKER COUNTY.
1235 PM MONROE/AL PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN RURAL
PART OF NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY BY EVERGREEN
STATE.
1250 PM CLARKE/AL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST SOUTH OdF GROVE
HILL BY GROVE HILL STATE.
117 PM MONROE/AL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CLAIBORNE
BY EVERGREEN STATE.Special weather statement, May 24, 1:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 135 PM CDT MON MAY 24 1988 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR ESCAMBIA... SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...HOLMES...WASHINGTON AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS OVER SOUTH ALABAMA FROM NEAR MONTGOMERY SOUTHWEST TO 50 MILES NORTH OF MOBILE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HAIL IN MANY AREAS. ANOTHER PATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS OVER THE GULF FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY WEST TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35v TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, May 24, 2:35 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
235 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 1988
TIME CO/STATE EVENT
125 PM MONROE/AL QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF
CLAIBORNE BY THE ALABAMA RIVER PULP COMPANY.
143 PM MONROE/AL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED REPORTED AT PETERMAN
BY EVERGREEN STATE.
205 PM CLARKE/AL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN GROVE HILL BY
GROVE HILL STATE.
210 PM CLARKE/AL NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN GROVE HILL BY
CLARKE COUNTY EOC.
215 PM HANCOCK/MS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE COUNTY
SCALES ON I-10 BY BAY WAVELAND C.D.Special weather statement, May 24, 2:35 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CDT MON MAY 24 1988 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 170 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR ESCAMBIA... SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...HOLMES...WASHINGTON AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MONTGOMERY AND HATTIESBURG AND OVER THE GULF 75 TO 90 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER CLARKE...MONROE AND BUTLER COUNTIES IN ALABAMA AND OVER THE GULF 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 43 min |
| May 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest | 30 min |
| May 24, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pearl River | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.