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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

February 10, 1990Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1990, 1:27 AM CST for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 1990, 1:27 AM CST (07:27 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 1990, 2:15 AM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 00:00Z on 1990-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2180 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 00:00Z on 1990-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 100730
SVRMGM
ALC031-045-100815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
127 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...COFFEE...DALE
 
AT 1 28 AM CST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM JUST SOUTH OF ARITON SOUTHWEST TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ENTERPRISE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTICON 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 1:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington58 min
Feb 10, 2:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke68 min
Feb 10, 2:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDallas, Wilcox60 min
Feb 10, 2:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington46 min
Feb 10, 2:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBAutauga, Lowndes67 min
Feb 10, 3:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa, Elmore55 min
Feb 10, 3:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery55 min
Feb 10, 3:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler55 min
Feb 10, 3:20 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMontgomery25 min
Feb 10, 3:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile63 min
Feb 10, 3:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin63 min
Feb 10, 3:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMacon, Tallapoosa59 min
Feb 10, 3:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers, Lee56 min
Feb 10, 3:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw56 min
Feb 10, 3:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock56 min
Feb 10, 3:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia50 min
Feb 10, 4:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington64 min
Feb 10, 4:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour67 min
Feb 10, 5:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoffee, Dale, Geneva67 min
Feb 10, 6:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile44 min
Feb 10, 8:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.