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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Mobile, AL

June 15, 1989Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1989, 11:05 AM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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 15, 1989, 11:05 AM CDT (16:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1989, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Barbour 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 11:40 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Barbour, 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1989-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1989-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 151608
SVRMGM
ALC005-151645-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1105 AM CDT THU JUN 15 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...BARBOUR
 
MONTGOMERY'S WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EUFALA
MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN REPORTED BY AUTHORITIES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON? THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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 15, 7:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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, Jun 15, 7:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
740 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 730 AM CDT...CLUSTERS AND SHORT LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A
50 MILE WIDE BAND ACROSS THE WESTERN PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT ALABAMA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA NEAR
EVERGREEN AND ANDALUSIA AND WERE SCATTERED SOUTHWEST OVER SANTA ROSA
AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA. MOVEMENTS WERE NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE GULF MOVING NORTHEAST.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
845 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 840 AM...THE MOBILE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
TODAY. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
LATER TODAY.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDuS AND LARGE HAIL THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
935 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 930 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST ALABAMA ACROSS SANTA ROSA AND ESCAMBIA
COUNTIES OF FLORIDA AND INTO THE GULF 50 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN WERE FROM NEAR THE PENSACOLA
NAVAL AIR STATION NORTHEAST TO 20 MILES NORTH OF MILTON...AND BETWEEN
CRESTVIEW AND DOTHAN.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

WIDESPREAD RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE WEST
PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF VERY
RAINS CAUSING SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY
WINDS AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL....AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS THE ADDITIONAL ROUGH SEAS.
PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:45 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1035 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 1030 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST ALABAMA NORTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS CRESTVIEW AND INTO THE GULF BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND FORT WALTON.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN WERE AROUND CRESTVIEW...AND
JUST WEST TO NORTHWEST OF FORT WALTON.
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SPREADING EAST WITH THE INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
WIDESPREAD RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE WEST
PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
...AND THE ADJOINING GULF WATERS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY
RAINS CAUSING SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY
WINDS AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL....AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS THE ADDITIONAL ROUGH SEAS.
PE RSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin39 min
Jun 15, 7:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin55 min
Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHouston45 min
Jun 15, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin55 min

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.