Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1988, 7:47 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1988, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1988, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mobile 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
Boothville, LA (KBVE), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 100050
TORMOB
ALC097-100115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
747 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
...CENTRAL MOBILE
THE STATE POLICE AT MOBILE REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE
CHICKASAW BOAT YARDS AND CAUSED INJURIES ABOUT 735 PM CDT. MOBILE
RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH NORTHEAST MOBILE.
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 9, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 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, 1 hour 57 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 630 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTH ESCAMBIA AND NORTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTIES 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 OVER BALDWIN COUNTY OF ALABAMA WAS MOVING INTO THE NORTH PORTION OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF FLORIDA. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR. IT SHOULD MOVE TOWARD THE WHITING FIELD AREA OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY BY 730 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM THE HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI AREA EAST ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE AREA WAS PUSHING SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARDS THE COAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED BETWEEN EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 630 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTH ESCAMBIA AND NORTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTIES 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 OVER BALDWIN COUNTY OF ALABAMA WAS MOVING INTO THE NORTH PORTION OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF FLORIDA. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR. IT SHOULD MOVE TOWARD THE WHITING FIELD AREA OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY BY 730 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM THE HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI AREA EAST ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE AREA WAS PUSHING SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARDS THE COAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED BETWEEN EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:11 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 710 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM... AT 705 MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF MOBILE EASTWARD INTO ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL AND ALL ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN POPLARVILLE AND WIGGINS AND IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS ARE ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT IS SINKING SLOWLY SOUTH. SOME WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN MOBILE IN THE NEXT HOUR. < PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF THREATENING CLOUDS APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:29 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 730 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... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM SANTA ROSA AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA WEST ACROSS MOBILE AND INTO MISSISSIPPI. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PUSHING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD THE COAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EAST AND SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH ALABAMA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 62 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.