Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Mobile, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
230 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT AND
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. ESCAMBIA...SANTA
ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON AND HOLMES.

AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER
SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25
MILES OR MORE INLAND AND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
245 PM TUE MAY 23 1989

ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REMAIN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH UNTIL 500 PM TODAY.

AT 240 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.  THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY ALABAMA.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
330 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT AND
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. ESCAMBIA...SANTA
ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON AND HOLMES.

AT 330 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WERE OVER SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THUNDERSTORMS
MAINLY 15 MILES OR MORE INLAND BUT WERE BEGINNING TO SPREAD SLOWLY
SOUTH TOWARD THE COAST. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING CAN B"E EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
410 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1989

...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
   UNTIL 5 PM CDT...

AT 405 PM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
SOUTHWEST MONROE COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN ESCAMBIA
COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN
CLARKE COUNTIES. LITTLE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN MOBILE OR
BALDWIN COUNTIES BUT STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THESE COUNTIES
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER dFOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
545 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST
   ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 540 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM THE
LAUREL-HATTIESBURG AREA SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS CITRONELLE AND BAY
MINETTE ALABAMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH WHILE THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE LINE OF STORMS HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR.
HOWEVER...THE LINE COULD INTENSIFY AT ANY TIME THIS EVENING.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
POSSIBLY HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY
CONTINUE MOVING TOWARDS THE COAST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

AT 630 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN
STRETCHING FROM FT WALTON NORTHWEST TO NEAR MOBILE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PEOPLE IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED.
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