Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1989, 4:25 PM CDT for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 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 21, 1989, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1989, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dallas 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 21, 5:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Dallas, 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 944 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 212129
SVRMGM
ALC047-212230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
425 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...DALLAS
AT 4 25PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE DALLAS CHILTON COUNTY LINE WEST OF
PLANTERSVILLE SOUTHWEST TO WEST OF MARION JUNCTION. THE LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
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 21, 10:41 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1035 AM CDT WED JUN 21 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE INCREASING OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1030 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS...WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL WATERS...AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS WERE BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND ATMORE...FROM NEAR MILTON TO AROUND BREWTON...FROM AROUND PANAMA CITY TO NEAR BONIFAY...AND BETWEEN APALACHICOLA AND BLOUNTSTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME BRIEF STREET AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECASSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS WHEN THE STORMS ARE IN NYOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 11:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1135 AM CDT WED JUN 21 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1130 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS...WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL WATERS...AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND COASTAL MISS- ISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS WERE NEAR MILTON...NEAR FORT WALTON...BETWEEN PANAMA CITY AND CHATTAHOOCHEE...BETWEEN CRESTVIEW AND BONIFAY...AND ALONG THE COASTLINE FROM EAST OF PENSACOLA TO AROUND FORT WALTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME BRIEF STREET AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS WHEN THE STORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 135 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 130 PM CDT...A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND WAS FROM JUST EAST OF CRESTVIEW TO NEAR MOSSY HEAD. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS WERE NEAR MILTON...AND OVER HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES FLORIDA...AND OVER NORTH COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONhS.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORM...SOME WITH WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND...WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS...AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTH ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS WERE JUST WEST OF MOLINO IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY...AND FROM AROUND CRESTVIEW EAST ACROSS DE FUNIAK SPRINGS TO NEAR BONIFAY AND VERNON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:37 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 PM CDT WED JUN 21 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 330 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS...AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS WERE CENTERED JUST NORTH OF MOLINO ALONG THE ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTY LINE...AND AROUND THE CRESTVIEW AREA IN OKALOOSA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME BRIEF FL OODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dale | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour | 65 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.