Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1989, 5:45 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1989, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston 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, 6:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Houston, 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
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1821 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KMGM 152247
SVRMGM
ALC069-152330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
545 PM CDT THU JUN 15 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...HOUSTON
AT 5 45PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF DOTHAN MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE
ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER AND WILL PASS VERY NEAR DOTHAN WITHIN THE HOUR.
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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1135 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 1130 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA SOUTHEAST ACROSS DEFUNIAK SPRINGS AND ACROSS FREEPORT INTO THE GULF 100 MILES SOUTH OF DESTIN. LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE ADJOINING GULF TO 100 MILES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 12:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1235 PM CDT THU JUN 15 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR BAY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF BAY COUNTY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE FROM AROUND MARIANNA IN JACKSON COUNTY AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS WASHINGTON AND BAY COUNTIES AND INTO THE GULF 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL 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 THEU ADDITIONAL ROUGH SEAS. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 245 PM CDT THU JUN 15 1989 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA. BAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES WERE IN THAT PORTION OF FLORIDA THAT THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE AREA.
Local storm report, Jun 15, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 250 PM CDT THU JUN 15 1989 ESCAMBIA COUNTY...900 AM FALLEN TREES AND LIMBS KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES AROUND NINE MILE ROAD IN NORTH PENSACOLA. (FROM GULF POWER)
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 245 PM CDT THU JUN 15 1989 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA. BAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES WERE IN THAT PORTION OF FLORIDA THAT THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED.
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, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour | 40 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.