Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Mobile, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
730 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE
WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. ESCAMBIA...
SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...BAY...WASHINGTON...AND HOLMES.

AT 730 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN EXTENSIVE RAIN
AREA WHICH BLANKETED MUCH OF THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES AND
THE ADJACENT GULF OF MEXICO. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
840 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT FOR BALDWIN AND MOBILE
COUTIES ALABAMA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

AT 830 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN EXTENSIVE RAIN
AREA WHICH COVERS MUCH OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA
...THE WEST 2/3 OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COSATAL WATERS.

SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SOME
STREET FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
915 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
   SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COASTAL
   WATERS UNTIL 2 PM CDT...

AT 910 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.  THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MORE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  ALL THE STORMS
WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

FURTHER TO THE WEST...OVER LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...A VERY
INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI
TO THE COAST EAST OF LAKE CHARLES WAS MOVING TOWARD TH;E EAST.
SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY.

ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1055 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1989

TIME      CO/STATE         EVENT
951AM     BALDWIN/AL       TORNADO REPORTED AT BEAR POINT IN ORANGE
                           BEACH WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE.  REPORTED BY
                           GULF SHORES PD.

955AM     BALDWIN/AL       TORNADO REPORTED AT LILLIAN.  MOBILE HOME
                           UNROOFED...OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE.
                           UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF INJURIES.  BALDWIN
                           EMA IS ENROUTE TO THE SCENE.

ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1155 AM CDT THU JUN 8 1989

TIME      CO/STATE         EVENT
955AM     BALDWIN/AL       UPDATE ON TORNADO AT LILLIAN...BALDWIN EMA
                           REPORTS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WITH INJURIES AT
                           BEAR POINT MOBILE HOME PARK.  RESIDENTS ARE
                           NOW BEING EVACUATED TO SHELTERS AND THE MAYOR
                           HAS REQUESTED ASSISTANCE.  THE NUMBER AND
                           SEVEREITY OF INJURIES IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS
                           TIME BUT INDICATIONS ARE THERE WERE NO
                           SERIOUS.   WILL SEND UPDATES AS INFORMAMTION
             z              BECOMES AVAILABLE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
12 NOON CDT THU JUN 8 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
   SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COASTAL
   WATERS UNTIL 2 PM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

WHILE NO WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT...THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY
UNSTABLE AND A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED AT ANY TIME.

WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...WITH A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA MOVING TOWARD HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.  A
WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THIS COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE TOTALLED 2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT...HENCE
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.  RESIDENTS SHOULD WATCH FOR
RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION QUICKLY.
SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS
AFTERNOON.

AS A RESULT OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS...TIDES HAVE RISEN ALONG THE
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTS.  THE TIDE IS NOW 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
AT THE MOUTH OF MOBILE RIVER.  SOME TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG
COASTAL HIGHWAYS AND ROADS.  THE HIGH TIDES WILL ALSO RETARD DRAINAGE
OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR WEATHER EVENTS THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS IS A STRONG WEATHER
SYSTEM AND THERE IS A RATHER HIGH PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER.