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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1989, 5:37 PM CST for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 1989, 5:37 PM CST (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1989, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
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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, 11:51 AM CST, 5 hours 46 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, 5 hours 28 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, 4 hours 4 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 2:51 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 29, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas | 46 min |
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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.