Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1989, 2:53 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 4, 1989, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1989, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 3:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lee, AL | |
| Apr 4, 3:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lee, 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ALC041-081-042100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
253 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...CRENSHAW...LEE
AT 2 55PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGMERY SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
JUST SOUTHWEST OF AUBURN AND SOUTHWEST OF HIGHLAND HOME IN CRENSHAW
COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 40MPH.
LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE PAST HOUR.
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 WATE|R 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
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 11:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1115 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 500 PM TODAY... TORNADO WATCHES WERE ISSUED LATE THIS MORNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE LAMAR...FORREST AND PERRY AND IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA CLARKE COUNTY IS INCLUDED. WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATE THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW LOCATED FROM WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TO NORTH ALABAMA. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT THE WATCH AREA IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TODAY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TOWARD YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 500 PM TODAY... TORNADO WATCHES WERE ISSUED LATE THIS MORNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE LAMAR...FORREST AND PERRY AND IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA CLARKE COUNTY IS INCLUDED. AT 125 PM CDT THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN IN CONECUH COUNTY ALABAMA. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR EVERGREEN DURING THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. THE STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TODAY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TOWARD YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 2:42 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 230 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ..A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A TORNADO WATCH FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IS EFFECTIVE FROM 245PM TO 10PM CDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING. A NEARLY-SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF ALABAMA. THE LINE WS MOVING TO JTHE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coosa | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Tallapoosa | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Dallas | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore, Macon | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Dallas | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Elmore | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Macon | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lee | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lowndes | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pike | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 46 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.