Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1989, 9:47 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 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, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1989, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin 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, 10:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Baldwin, 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMOB 050248
SVRMOB
ALC003-050345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
947 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
...SOUTHERN BALDWIN
AT 945 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST
OF BAY MINETTE TO FAIRHOPE. THE STORMS WERE 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
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 7:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 750 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS BEGINNING TO ENTER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING ...SMALL HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF BEING SEVERE WITH REPORTS OF HAIL AND TORNADOES IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED AND STAY INFORMED OF THE DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
ATTN SELS STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 830 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 AT 758 PM CDT THE PD IN CITRONELLE IN MOBILE COUNTY REPORTED TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN BETWEEN CITRONELLE AND THE WASHINGT$ON COUNTY LINE. TIME OF OCCURRENCE WAS 735 PM.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 8:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 840 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... A 830PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM THE DOZIER AND ANDALUSIA AREA OF ALABAMA TO WIGGINS AND MC HENRY MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE WAS JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO NORTH ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF FLORIDA...WHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALREADY DEVELOPED. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NEIGHBORING ESCAMBIA COUNTY OF ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORM LINE WAS MOVING SO)UTHEAST NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 9:18 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 915 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AND MOBILE...BALDWIN...AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. ALL OTHER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WATCH AREA. A THUNDERSTORM IS IN PROGRESS AT THE MOBILE AIRPORT. WIND GUSTS OF 43 MPH OCCURRED AT 856 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EASTWARD AND WILL MOVE INTO BALDWIN COUNTY BY 1000 PM. HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES WAS REPORTED BY THE WILMER AL PD AT 850 PM. THE THUNDEiRSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN. UNTIL THAT OCCURS PERSONS IN THE COUNTIES REMAINING IN THE WATCH SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 9:38 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
ATTN SELS STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 930 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 AT 925 PM CDT THE GEORGE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SO REPORTED HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER NEAR AGRICOLA...20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF THE MOBILE AIRPORT. ALSO AT 925 PM...PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN BAY MINETTE IN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA. A REPORT JUST RECEIVED AT 929 PM FROM THE MOBILE PD INDICATED SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MOBILE AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 65 AND OLD SHELL ROAD. EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 9:41 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 940 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING... A 930PM CDT...SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A LINE FROM ENTERPRISE AND OPP ALABAMA...TO MOBILE THEN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. THE LINE LAY OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. RAIN AND SHOWERS SPREAD FAR NORTHWARD BEHIND THE LINE. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTWARD ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. DUE TO THE RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT...FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN LOW AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WITH THE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 61 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.