Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1989, 2:29 PM CST for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 29, 1989, 2:29 PM CST (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1989, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dallas 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 29, 2:40 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dallas, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KMGM 292032
SVRMGM
ALC047-292115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
229 PM CST WED MAR 29 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...DALLAS
RADAR INDICATES A SHORT LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
PLANTERSVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SELMA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
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 ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WdEATHER 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, Mar 29, 10:54 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1050 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 200 PM CST... ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 1045 AM MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 20 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH MCCOMB TO JUST EAST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN WESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:51 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1135 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST THROUGH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1130 AM..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORNS WAS BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND MERIDIAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREADING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 12:09 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1205 PM CST WED MAR 29 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 600 PM CST... AT 1200 PM MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BAY SAINT LOUIS MISSISSIPPI NORTHWARD TO HATTIESBURG. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM GULFPORT TO EAST OF WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI. BOTH AREAS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE HATTIESBURG AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE SO FAR. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTAINED HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 1:33 PM CST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 PM CST WED MAR 29 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 600 PM CST... AT 125 PM MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI NORTHWARD TO LEAKESVILLE. THIS BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCLAIN MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO LEAKESVILLE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE INTENSE RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. SO FAR NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
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.