Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 1989, 1:45 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 21, 1989, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 1989, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2:20 PM CST | Hail 1 | Mobile, 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMOB 211948
SVRMOB
ALC097-212030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
145 PM CST TUE MAR 21 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
...MOBILE
AT 145 PM CST THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 1 MILE
NORTH OF THE MOBILE AIRPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
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.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
Local storm report, Mar 21, 10:30 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1030 AM CST TUE MAR 21 1989
TIME COUNTY/STATE EVENT
445 AM MOBILE/AL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY GROCERY
T CONTACT NEAR SEMMES.Special weather statement, Mar 21, 10:42 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1040 AM CST TUE MAR 21 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUST NORTH OF PENSACOLA TO CRESTVIEW. ALSO A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS VICINITY OF MOBILE. BOATERS AND RECREATIONIST SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THESE STORMS MAY EVENT- UALLY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE COAST. THE HEAVIER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF TORENTIAL RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. AT 1035 AM CST...RADAR ALSO SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA` AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 35 MPH.
Local storm report, Mar 21, 11:16 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1115 AM CST TUE MAR 21 1989
TIME COUNTY/STATE EVENT
1054 AM MOBILE/AL 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC AT HALLS
MILL CREEK IN TILLMAN'S CORNER. REPORT
TAKEN BY THE FAA FSS.Special weather statement, Mar 21, 11:36 AM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1140 AM CST TUE MAR 21 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 1135 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM VICINITY OF MOBILE TO MILTON FLORIDA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDER- STORMS WERE OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO TALLAHASSEE. THE HEAVIER STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL...TORENTIAL RAIN WITH SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1130 AM CST TUE MAR 21 1989 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED AT 1045 AM CST FOR MOBILE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOBILE COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED. AT 1130 AM CST MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR CRESTVIEW FLORIDA TO NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE STORM WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 1:27 PM CST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 PM CST TUE MAR 21 1989 AT 115 PM CST THE MOBILE RADAR IDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WILMER ALABAMA. THE 9STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. BLINDING RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH MOBILE COUNTY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 6:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 69 min |
| Mar 20, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coosa | 56 min |
| Mar 20, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga | 56 min |
| Mar 20, 8:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 59 min |
| Mar 20, 9:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 57 min |
| Mar 21, 4:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Mar 21, 5:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore | 64 min |
| Mar 21, 6:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour, Pike | 55 min |
| Mar 21, 7:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour | 68 min |
| Mar 21, 8:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Henry, Houston | 56 min |
| Mar 21, 8:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Dale | 42 min |
| Mar 21, 9:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 50 min |
| Mar 21, 10:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.