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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL

May 6, 1991Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1991, 5:20 AM CDT for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
May 6, 1991, 5:20 AM CDT (10:20 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1991, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 5:30 AM CDTHail 0.75Escambia, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, May 5, 11:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 6, 12:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 6, 2:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
ALZ013-015-MSZ014-060830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
223 AM CDT MON MAY 6 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ARE...PERRY
AND GREENE.  IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED:
WASHINGTON...CLARKE...MONROE...CONECUH AND ESCAMBIA.

AT 220 AM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM EAST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI TO WEST OF NEW ORLEANS.  THE LINE WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE WEATHER.  STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
Special weather statement, May 6, 3:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
ALZ013-016-MSZ013-060930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
325 AM CDT MON MAY 6 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

THE MOBILE RADAR AT 320 AM INDICATED THAT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR NEW ORLEANS HAD WEAKENED.
HOWEVER...NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE EAST OF THE LINE
OVER JACKSON AND GEORGE COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AND
WASHINGTON...MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN ALABAMA.

FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES AND MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:34 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-MSZALL-LAZALL-ALZALL-061030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
435 AM CDT MON MAY 6 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE COASTAL AREAS OF
ESCAMBIA COUNTY...AROUND THE PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION AND WEST OF
PENSACOLA...AND IN ALABAMA BETWEEN BAYOU LA BATRE AND MOBILE...AND
AROUND AND EAST OF CITRONELLE.
THE THUNDESTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS
...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:47 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
FLZ001>004-061030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
445 AM CDT MON MAY 6 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND MOVING INTO
THE COASTAL AREA AND COASTAL WATERS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA.
SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE PENSACOLA
NAVAL AIR STATION AREA AND AROUND THE METROPOLITAN PENSACOLA AREA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WEST PART OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR...AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS
OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MILES
AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS THE
ADDITIONAL ROUGH SEAS.
PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THESE CONDITIONS
AS THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile65 min
May 6, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin52 min
May 6, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin63 min
May 6, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin58 min

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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.