Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 20, 1989, 7:34 PM CST (01:34 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 1989, 8:30 PM CST

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Coosa County, AL

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
734 PM CST MON MAR 20 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...AUTAUGA...COOSA
 
AT 730 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
EXTREME NORTHWEST COOSA COUNTY TO MOUNTAIN CREEK...TO THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF AUTAUGA COUNTY. THERE WERE STRONG INDICATIONS OF LARGE HAIL
IN SOME OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. THEY WILL
BE MOVING ACROSS ALL OF AUTAUGA AND COOSA COUNTIES BETWEEN 740 AND 845
PM.
 
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.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
435 PM CST MON MAR 20 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE HATTIESBURG AREA...

AT 425 PM CST...MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE BAND WAS LOCATED
FROM NEAR MERIDIAN TO HATTIESBURG TO POPLARVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDER-
STORMS WERE BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND HATTIESBURG.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 41 REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 9 PM.

ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
615 PM CST MON MAR 21 1989

TIME      COUNTY/STATE        EVENT
540 PM    PERRY/MS            1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY POLICE
                              BETWEEN NEW AUGUSTA AND RICHTON
530 PM    FORREST/MS          GROCERY CONTACT REPORTED 3/4 INCH
                              HAIL NORTH OF CAMP SHELBY ON HIGHWAY
                              98.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
735 PM CST MON MAR 20 1989

AT 730 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING OVER
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE
NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST
FLORIDA THIS EVENING AS CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE...SO STAY INFORMED
OF THE LATEST WEATHER ADVISORIES.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.