Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1988, 6:30 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 20 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
- Jun 9, 1988, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1988, 6:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Escambia, 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
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 2509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMOB 092334
SVRMOB
ALC003-053-100000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
630 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
...NORTHERN BALDWIN...WESTERN ESCAMBIA
AT 625 PM MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAY MINETTE IN
BALDWIN COUNTY TO 5 MILES EAST OF ATMORE IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF
ALABAMA. LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN APPARENT FOR THE PAST 15 MINUTES.
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
Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
415 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988
303 PM...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS REPORTED IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA...3 MILES NORTJH OF MILLRY.
401 PM...HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES REPORTED BY THE JACKSON ALABAMA
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
411 PM...PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT AIRPORT AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARDS
...3 MILES EAST OF THE MOBILE AIRPORT.Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 430 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM DOTHAN ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO CRESTVIEW FLORIDA THEN WEST TO NEAR BALDWIN COUNTY OF ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM LAUREL AND HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI EAST ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH ALABAMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MILES AN HOUR WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EAST ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY GUST WIUNDS AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
505 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED DURING THE PAST HOUR...
330 PM CDT...TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN FRANKVILLE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
ALABAMA. REPORTED BY S. O.
425 PM CDT...DIME SIZE HAIL BEGINNING TO COVER THE GROUND IN DEERHEAD
...ABOUT HALF-WAY BETWEEN MCINTOSH AND WAGARVILLE ALABAMA
...WASHINGTON COUNTY. REPO RTED BY THE PUBLIC VIA JACKSON
ALABAMA P. D.Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:36 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 530 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTH SANTA ROSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA AND WAS MOVING TOWAARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR.. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM LAUREL AND HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI EAST ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH ALABAMA TO THE DOTHAN AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:48 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 550 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM... THE MOBILE RADAR AT 545 SHOWED SEVERAL CLUSTERS AND SHORT LINES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THEY WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEA AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL IS A FEATURE OF MANY OF THESE STORMS. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN RICHTON MISSISSIPPI A FEW MINUTES AGO. THE POSSIBLITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL REMAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODING OF ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE LIKELY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF THREATENING CLOUDS APSPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:50 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 550 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM... THE MOBILE RADAR AT 545 SHOWED SEVERAL CLUSTERS AND SHORT LINES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. MARBLE SIZE HAIL IS A FEATURE OF MANY OF THESE STORMS. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN RICHTON MISSISSIPPI A FEW MINUTES AGO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE POSSIBLITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL REMAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODING OF ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE LIKELY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVVENING AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF THREATENING CLOUDS APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 68 min |
| Jun 9, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 30 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.