Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Mobile, AL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 11:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Barbour, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Houston | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.