Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 21, 1989, 6:35 AM CST (12:35 UTC)

Expired

Mar 21, 1989, 7:30 AM CST

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Barbour County, AL, Pike 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
635 AM CST TUE MAR 21 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...BARBOUR...PIKE
 
A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY WEATHER RADAR
AT MONTGOMERY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT UNION SPRINGS...BANKS...MIDWAY AND TROY 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VErRY 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
400 AM CST TUE MAR 21 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...

THE MOBILE RADAR AT 355 AM SHOWED THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.  A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF THE MOBILE AIRPORT.  OTHER
STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND CONECUH COUNTIES OF
ALABAMA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY
RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIbL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
445 AM CST TUE MAR 21 1989

AT 430 AM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER
THE WESTERN END OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND IN THE PENSACOLA AREA.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING...OCCASIONALLY IN LINES...OVER
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA.

THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRESENTLY LOCATED NEAR MILTON
FLORIDA AT THE NAVAL AIR STATION...AND NEAR MOBILE IN ALABAMA.

MOVEMENTS WERE TOWARD THE EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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.