Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1989, 3:54 PM CST for Chambers County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 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
- Nov 15, 1989, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 1989, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chambers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 5:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Chambers, 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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMGM 152158
SVRMGM
ALC017-152300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
354 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...CHAMBERS
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OBSERVED ON MONTGOMERY WEATHER RADAR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALmERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.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, Nov 15, 1:15 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 115 PM CST TUE NOV 14 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING... AT 110 PM CST MOBILE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INLAND SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST MISSISPPI. THESE STORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM EVERGREEN TO FORT STOCKTON ALABAMA TO HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI TO KENTWOOK LOUISIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MILESS AN HOUR AND LOCALLY SEVERE WEATHER COULD DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 1:19 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 115 PM CST TUE NOV 14 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING... AT 110 PM CST MOBILE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INLAND SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM EVERGREEN TO FORT STOCKTON ALABAMA TO HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI TO KENTWOOD LOUISIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEASXT AT 60 MILES AN HOUR AND LOCALLY SEVERE WEATHER COULD DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 1:37 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION (DATE) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 115 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING... AT 110 PM CST MOBILE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INLAND SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM EVERGREEN TO FORT STOCKTON ALABAMA TO HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI TO KENTWOOD LOUISIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NvORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR AND LOCALLY SEVERE WEATHER COULD DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 2:23 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 220 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989 A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST FLORIDA TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO AND THROUGH THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN IN THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE AND RESIDENTS ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFTEY RULES NOW BEFORE THE WEATHER TURNS THREATENING. PRESENT MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT WOULD PUT IT NEAR THE PENSACOLA AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AND THROUGH NORTHWEST FLORIDA AROUND SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD MAKE PLANS NOW FOR THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY ROUGH SEAS EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH VERY ROUGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT THURSDAY. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO INVADE THE PANHANDLE. THE HIGHS ON THURSDAY SHOULD ONLY BE AROUND 60 WITH THE LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT EXPECTED TO BE BELOW FREEZING. IF THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING...IT WOULD BE THE FIRST FREEZE THIS SEASON. LAST MONTH THE TEMPERATURE IN PENSACOLA DROPPED TO 34 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 21.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 3:34 PM CST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA ...OKALOOSA...WALTON...HOLMES...WASHINGTON...AND BAY COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA. AT 3:30 PM CST...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS FROM COASTAL MISSISSIPPI NORTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN ALABAMA. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES PER HOUR. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO INVADE THE PANHANDLE. THE HIGHS ON THURSDAY SHOULD ONLY BE AROUND 60 WITH THE LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT EXPECTED TO BE BEL=OW FREEZING. IF THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING...IT WOULD BE THE FIRST FREEZE THIS SEASON. LAST MONTH THE TEMPERATURE IN PENSACOLA DROPPED TO 34 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 21.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Tallapoosa | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 67 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.