Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1991, 6:17 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 1991, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1991, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mobile County, AL
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 12, 2:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
ALZ013-015-122130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 240 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 235 PM CDT MOBILE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO CLARKE AND MONROE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM EAST OF GROVE HILL OF CLARKE COUNTY TO BEATRICE OF MONROE COUNTY ALABAMA. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL... CAUSING BRIEF STREET AND URBAN TYPE FLOODING... GUSTY WINDS... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN OR NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY TRACK SOUTHEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
Special weather statement, May 12, 5:43 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
ALZ016-MSZ014-122345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 541 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTING SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 535 PM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST GREENE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH WHILE THE LINE IS SINKING SOUTHWARD ABOUT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS GREENE INTO GEORGE COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AND MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADS AND POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS. IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING...RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER DARK.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Dallas | 67 min |
Nearby
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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.