Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1989, 7:10 PM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 12, 1989, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1989, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lee, 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
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, Jun 12, 3:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 345 PM CDT MON JUN 12 1989 ...DELAYED STORM REPORTS FROM THURSDAY JUN 8 1989... SANTA ROSA COUNTY...630 AM TREES WERE BLOWN ACROSS POWER LINES IN THE GULF BREEZE AREA. (GULF POWER) 1000 AM TREES KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES IN THE PACE AREA. (GULF POWER) 1048 AM POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGED 7 MOBILE HOMES IN NAVARRE. TREES WERE ALSO KNOCKED DOWN. NO INJURIES. 1135 AM TREES KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES ALONG HWY 87 BETWEEN HWY 98 AND I 10. (GULF POWER) 539 PM POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGED A HOUSE AND UPROOTED TREES IN THE PACE AREA. 730 PM TREES WERE BLOWN ACROSS POWER LINES IN THE BERRYDALE AND MUNSON AREAS. (GULF POWER) OKALOOSA COUNTY... 130 PM TREES KNOCKED ACROSS POWER LINES EAST OF NICEVILLE. (GULF POWER) 155 PM TREES KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES IN THE CRESTVIEW AREA. (GULF POWER) ON JUNE 9...1245 AM TREES KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES BETWEEN CRESTVIEW AND LAUREL HILL. (CHOCTAWATCHEE ELECTRIC) REPORTS NOT IDENTIFIED WERE FROM CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONNEL. GULF POWER REPORTED SO MANY POWER OUTAGES BY TREES BEING BLOWN ACROSS POWER LINES ON THURSDAY THAT THEY WORKED INTO FRIDAY NIGHT TO GET MOST EVERYONES POWER RESTORED. EXTENSIVE FLOODING TOOK PLACE ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE RAINS FORCED MANY RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ALMOST EVERY COUNTY HAD SOME WASHOUTS OF SECONDARY AND BACK ROADS. THE SEVERE STORMS CAUSED WASHOUTS ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES FROM GULF SHORES ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. WHEN THE SUN RETURNED FRIDAY MANY PEOPLE WENT TO THE BEACH. FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SIX (6) PEOPLE DROWNED BECAUSE OF STRONG RIP TIDES. ESCAMBIA COUNTY OFFICIALS ESTIMATED DAMAGE FROM THURSDAYS STORMS AT $120,000. OTHER CD DIRECTORS ARE STILL CALCULATING THE DOLLAR LOSS. BECAUSE OF FLOODING IT MAY TAKE WEEKS TO COME UP WITH AN ACCURATE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
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.