Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jun 20, 1989, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 1989, 2:00 PM CDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Houston County, AL

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1255 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...HOUSTON
 
AT 1250PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ON THE ALABAMA FLORIDA LINE ABOUT TO ENTER HOUSTON COUNTY SOUTH OF
COTTONWOOD. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT
20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PART OF HOUSTON
COUNTY.
 
 
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 ROADi.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1035 AM CDT MON JUN 19 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND
THE COASTAL WATERS...

AT 1030 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY
WINDS...WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL
WATERS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS WERE ALONG THE COAST FROM EAST
OF PENSACOLA TO AROUND DESTIN...NEAR MILTON...AND NEAR DE FUNIAK
SPRINGS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED OVER THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...AND OVER THE GULF TO 100 MILES FROM
PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO PORT ST JOE FLORIDA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME STREET
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA FLOODING...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS...ALSO CONDITIONS MrAY FAVOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WATERSPOUTS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.