Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1989, 7:24 PM CDT for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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 26, 1989, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1989, 8:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 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 26, 7:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 1093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 270024
SVRMGM
ALC047-270115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
724 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...NORTH CENTRAL DALLAS
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OBSERVED ON MONTGOMERY'S WEATHER RADAR IN
NORTH CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY OVER PAUL M GRIST STATE PARK. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.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 26, 2:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AT 230 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AND THE IMMEDIATE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS WERE FROM AROUND MILTON TO AROUND CRESTVIEW...FROM AROUND FREEPORT NORTHEAST INTO WASHINGTON AND HOLMES COUNTIES...AND BETWEEN PANAMA CITY AND APALACHICOLA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SOME FUNNEL CLOUD DEVELOPMENT MAY BE POSSIBLE. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOxR THESE CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 335 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AT 330 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE SCATTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINS WERE FROM BETWEEN MILTON AND BREWTON...BETWEEN CRESTVIEW AND BONIFAY...AND NEAR YOUNGSTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
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.