Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1990, 8:07 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
- Feb 10, 1990, 8:07 AM CST (14:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1990, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 8:15 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Baldwin, 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 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 KMOB 101408 SVRMOB ALC003-101445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 807 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY AT 803 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF MOBILE BAY. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS ACCELERATED ITS FORWARD MOTION AND IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR SPANISH FORT AND STAPLETON. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMABER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Feb 10, 6:20 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ013-014-101400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 620 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOBILE...BALDWIN...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF ALABAMA UNTIL 1000 AM... AT 615 AM THE MOBILE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST ARE QUITE STRONG AND MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR ALSO. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. STREETS AND ROADS ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER AND STREAMS APPROACH BANKFULL. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CARE.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 6:32 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 630 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 630 AM CST...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES AND OVER NORTH OKALOOSA COUNTY OF FLORIDA. OTHER THUNDER- STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTH ALABAMA...THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. A GENERALLY# SOLID AREA OF RAIN TRAILED BEHIND THESE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ABOUT 75 MILES.
Local storm report, Feb 10, 7:06 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
ATTN SELS STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 700 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990 655 AM...WIND DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES REPORTED NEAR THE FORTS LAKE COMMUNITY IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MOBILE COUNTY. THISR AREA IS ON THE JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...MOBILE COUNTY LINE. BOTH JACKSON COUNTY AND MOBILE COUNTY SHERIFFS PERSONNEL ARE ENROUTE TO THE SCENE.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:31 AM CST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 730 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 730 AM CST...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN SURROUNDED BY WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTH ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM FORT WALTON BEACH SOUTHWARD FOR 55 MILES. A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER OVER THE GULF 25 MILES SOUTH OF PANAMA CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EASTNORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Feb 10, 7:52 AM CST, 15 minutes before
ATTN SELS STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 745 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990 UPDATE ON STORM IN SOUTHWEST MOBILE COUNTY AT 655 AM... JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 5 MOBILE HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED JUST A FEW HUNDRED YEARS WEST OF THE ALABAMA STATE LINE IN JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. SOME TREES WERE UPROOTED ALSO. IN ADDITION...2 RESIDENCES ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE MOBILE HOMES RECEIVED ROOF DAMAGE. MOBILE CO UNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A MOBILE HOME DOOR ON DAWES ROAD IN MOBILE COUNTY...APPARENTLY FROM THE MOBILE HOMES. ONLY OTHER DAMAGE IN MOBILE COUNTY WAS CONFINED TO TREES AT THE STATE LINE.
Local storm report, Feb 10, 8:00 AM CST, 7 minutes before
ATTN SELS STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 755 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990 730 AM...TIME APPROXIMATE... BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA EMA REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTH OF ROBERTSDALE. PO-WER LINES WERE DOWN AND AT LEAST ONE PLATE GLASS WINDOW WAS BLOWN OUT. AT 755 AM...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE DAMAGE WAS OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY SO NO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR BALDWIN COUNTY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 1:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coffee, Dale | 48 min |
| Feb 10, 1:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 58 min |
| Feb 10, 2:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 68 min |
| Feb 10, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Dallas, Wilcox | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 2:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 46 min |
| Feb 10, 2:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Lowndes | 67 min |
| Feb 10, 3:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coosa, Elmore | 55 min |
| Feb 10, 3:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 55 min |
| Feb 10, 3:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 55 min |
| Feb 10, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Feb 10, 3:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 63 min |
| Feb 10, 3:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| Feb 10, 3:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Macon, Tallapoosa | 59 min |
| Feb 10, 3:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Chambers, Lee | 56 min |
| Feb 10, 3:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 56 min |
| Feb 10, 3:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock | 56 min |
| Feb 10, 3:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 4:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 4:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour | 67 min |
| Feb 10, 5:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 67 min |
| Feb 10, 6:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.