Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1988, 6:36 PM CDT for Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 69 min. 2 reports 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 27, 1988, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1988, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henry County, AL, Houston 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 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Henry, AL | |
| Jun 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Houston, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1180 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KMGM 272337
SVRMGM
ALC067-069-280045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
636 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...SOUTHERN HENRY...HOUSTON
AT 634 PM CDT MONTGOMERY'S WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
10 NORTHEAST OF DOTHAN MOVING SOUTHSOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU LIVE
BETWEEN DOTHAN AND THE DOTHAN AIRPORT THIS STORM IS HEADED YOUR WAY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAEIL...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, Jun 27, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 350 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY... AT 345 PM MOBILE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE S-OUTHER HALF OF MOBILE COUNTY. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF MOBILE WHILE A SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAYOU LA BATRE. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD.
Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:56 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 545 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988 SANTA ROSA COUNTY... SANTA ROSA SHERIFF DISPATCHER RECEIVED REPORT OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR ALLENTOWN CROSSROADS MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD WHITING FIELD NAS REPORT RECEIVED AT 420 PM CDT. APPROXIMATELY 445 PM ...SOME TREES REPORTED DOWN AROUND THE MILTON AREA. 407 PM CDT...WHITING FIELD NEAR MILTON REPORTED GUSTS TO 44 MPH AND AT 420 PM CDT WIND GUST TO 48 MPH WITH 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BETWEEN 420 AND 430 PM. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WERE ALSO REPORTED FROM SEVERE LIGHTNING STRIKES. LIGHTNING ALSO STRUCK THE ROAD PAVEMENT SEVERAL TIMES. THESE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM GULF COAST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:20 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 620 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA CANCELED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH BALDWIN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 610 THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED THE STORM HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER A THREAT. IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PERRY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVI,NG TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 635 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1988 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA EXPIRED AT 630 PM CDT... AT 630 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER SOUTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA AND OVER COVINGTON AND HENRY COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... SOUTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI IN AN AREA FROM TALLAHASSEE TO DOTHAN TO MERIDIAN AND SOUTH TO GULFPORT. ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DECREASED DURING THE PAST HOUR THE POTENTIAL REMAINS BFOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coosa | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 53 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.