Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Mobile, AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
540 AM CDT THU JUN 15 1989

AT 530 AM CDT...SHORT LINES AND CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE NUMEROUS OVER THE WEST END OF THE PANHANDLE...SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS. RAIN AND SHOWERS
SPREAD WESTWARD INTO MISSISSIPPI.

LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM THE GULF INLAND FROM PENSACOLA TO
MOBILE BAY. THESE STORMS WERE DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED
NORTHEAST 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

STREET AND LOW AREA FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR AN THE LARGER STORMS
MOVE ACROSS PENSACOLA AND MILTON.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED STREETS WHEN THE WATER
DEPTH IS: IN DOUBT. USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
555 AM CDT THU JUN 15 1989

 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...

AT 540 AM...THE MOBILE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST LINES
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
EXTENDING OFFSHORE INTO THE GULF BEYOND 100 MILES.  THEY WERE MOVING
LITTLE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.  STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BALDWIN
COUNTY ALABAMA WHERE WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW GARBAGE CANS AND
OTHER OBJECTS AROUND OCCURRED AT 450C AM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
610 AM CDT THU JUN 15 1989

 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS UNTIL NOON...

AT 600 AM...THE MOBILE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST LINES
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
EXTENDING OFFSHORE INTO THE GULF BEYOND 100 MILES.  THEY WERE MOVING
LITTLE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.  STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF MOBILE
BAY.

WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW GARBAGE CANS AND OTHER OBJECTS AROUND WERE
REPORTED IN LOXLEY ALABAMA IN BALDWIN COUNTY AT 450 AM.

MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT.  NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH SEAS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...POSSIBLE HAIL AND WATERSPOUTS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBLY SEVERE WEATHER...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
TWO OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE NOON.  WITH THE GROUND ALREADY
SATURATED...SMALL STREAMS WILL RISE RAPIDLY AND ROADS AND STREETS
WILL FLOOD.  MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND WATCH rFOR FLOODED
AREAS ON THE HIGHWAY.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
640 AM CDT THU JUN 15 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON THIS THURSDAY
FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...WASHINGTON...JACKSON
AND HOLMES COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

AT 630 AM CDT...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
THROUGH BALDWIN COUNTY OF ALABAMA AND ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES
OF FLORIDA AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE OCCURRING WITH THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS. STREET
AND LOW AREA FLOODING WILL OCCUR AS THE STORMS PASS OVER METROPOLITAN
AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID AREAS OF STANDING WATER.

ATTN SELS
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
715 AM CDT THU JUN 15 1989

...LOXLEY ALABAMA PD REPORTED TREE LIMBS UP TO THREE INCHES IN
DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN AT 450 AM....

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
730 AM CDT THU JUN 15 1989

 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS UNTIL NOON...

AT 725 AM...THE MOBILE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS BALDWIN AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF MOBILE COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE
BAND AT 30 MPH WITH THE BAND NOT MOVING MUCH.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO REPEATEDLY MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT ARE
SATURATED.  LOXLEY PD ESTIMATED AT 700 AT LEAST TWO INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE MIDNIGHT.  ONE ROAD IN LOXLEY IS ALREADY COVERED WITH WATER.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS THIS MORNING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THIS MORNING.

MARINE INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID THE COASTAL WATERS THIS
MORNING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
ROUGH SEAS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS.