Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1989, 1:47 PM CDT for Chambers County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
- May 5, 1989, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1989, 2:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chambers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Chambers, 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMGM 051848
SVRMGM
ALC017-051945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
147 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...CHAMBERS
AT 145 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVER THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL
CHAMBERS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF LAFEYETTE 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 WEATHER 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, May 5, 8:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 825 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 182 FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 825 AM MOBILE RADAR SHOWED THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS DECREASING IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVED EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 10 EAST OF CITRONELLE ALABAMA TO SOUTH OF MOBILE. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALAdBAMA CAN EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THE STORMS MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. BEHIND THE STORMS LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FOR AN HOUR OR SO.
Special weather statement, May 5, 8:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 835 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AT 830 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE MAIN CONCENTRATION WAS OVER BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE COASTAL WATERS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
Local storm report, May 5, 9:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
.0708C LAMAR S.O. REPORTED TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS COUNTY ROAD
JUST SOUTH OF BAXTERVILLE 0645C.
.0735C BARN ROOF DAMAGE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HARRISON COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI NEAR HLocal storm report, May 5, 9:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
930 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1989
.0708 CDT LAMAR S.O. REPORTED TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS COUNTY ROAD JUST
SOUTH OF BAXTERVILLE AROUND 0"645 CST.
.0735 CDT BARN ROOF DAMAGED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HARRISON COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI NEAR HIGHWAY 53.Special weather statement, May 5, 10:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1035 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AT 1030 AM CDT...A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRESTVIEW AND SOUTH ACROSS THE FORT WALTON AREA AND INTO THE GULF 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER THE WESTERN 75 MILES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA... AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL...AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ROUGH SEAS AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, May 5, 11:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1135 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1989 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH BAY COUNTY AND BAY COUNTY WATERS... AT 1130 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE AROUND THE PANAMA CITY AREA AND EXTENDED INTO THE GULF 80 MILES SOUTH- WEST TO SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN PANAMA CITY AND BLOUNTSTOWN...BETWEEN DOTHAN ALABAMA AND ALBANY GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL...AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS THE ADDITIONAL ROUGH SEAS AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
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.