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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL

April 4, 1989Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1989, 6:44 PM CDT for Clarke 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
Apr 4, 1989, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 1989, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 4, 7:25 PM CDTHail 0.75Clarke, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1989-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1111 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1989-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Apr 4, 5:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
510 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE UP TO 500 PM...

308 PM CDT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 IN HANCOCK
             COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

425 PM CDT...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HATTIESBURG.

440 PM CDT...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN MILLRY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA.

443 PM CDT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN AND AROUND PURVIS MISSISSIPPI
             IN LAMAR COUNTY.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:00 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
555 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

AT 550 PM DUANES CHEVRON LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF CAMP SHELBY IN
FORREST COUNTY MISSISSIPPI REPORTED DI,ME SIZE HAIL...ALSO HAD RECEIVED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS COVERNING THE
GROUND AND CAUSING DRIVING PROBLEMS.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:02 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
555 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

AT 550 PM DUANES CHEVRON LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF CAMP SHELBY IN
FORREST COUNTY MISSISSIPPI REPORTE0D DIME SIZE HAIL...ALSO HAD RECEIVED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS COVERNING THE
GROUND AND CAUSING DRIVING PROBLEMS AT BROOKLYN IN THE SOUTH PART OF
THE COUNTY.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:03 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
555 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

AT 550 PM DUANES CHEVRON LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF CAMP SHELBY IN
FORREST COUNTY MISSISSIPPI REPORTED DIME 1SIZE HAIL...ALSO HAD RECEIVED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS COVERNING THE
GROUND AND CAUSING DRIVING PROBLEMS AT BROOKLYN IN THE SOUTH PART OF
THE COUNTY.

TIME OF OCCURRENCE WAS 500 PM.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:14 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
615 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN GROVE HILL ALABAMA...CLARKE COUNTY...REPORTED
HAIL MOSTLY MARBLE SIZE...BUT SOME UP TO GOLF> BALLS AT 540 PM CDT.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
640 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989

THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN MILLRY ALABAMA...WASHINGTON COUNTY...REPORTED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO THAT PARTIALLY UNROOFED THE IGoA STORE.  ALSO...
LARGE HAIL THAT DAMAGED VEHICLES.  TIME OF OCCURRENCE 440 TO 500 PM.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa59 min
Apr 4, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery58 min
Apr 4, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBTallapoosa68 min
Apr 4, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Dallas68 min
Apr 4, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore, Macon58 min
Apr 4, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLee67 min
Apr 4, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw67 min
Apr 4, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery66 min
Apr 4, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMontgomery68 min
Apr 4, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Dallas61 min
Apr 4, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore61 min
Apr 4, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMacon64 min
Apr 4, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLee65 min
Apr 4, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington62 min
Apr 4, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock60 min
Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLowndes60 min
Apr 4, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery58 min
Apr 4, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke54 min
Apr 4, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox62 min
Apr 4, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPike66 min
Apr 4, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler66 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.