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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Mobile, AL

September 18, 1991Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 1991, 4:22 PM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 18, 1991, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 1991, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1991-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2338 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1991-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
2338 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Sep 18, 3:30 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ013-014-182230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
330 PM CDT WED SEP 18 1991

AT 325 PM CDT MOBILE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
REMAINED SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF MOBILE BAY AND NORTH
GEORGE COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
... SMALL SIZE HAIL... AND HEAVY RAINFALL... CAUSING BRIEF FLOODING OF
STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS AS THESE STORMS TRACK TO THE SOUTHWEST.

BOATERS IN OR NEAR MOBILE BAY SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGE IN THE
WEATHER AND TAKE NECESSARY FOR THEIR SAFETY UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF
THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:30 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ013-014-182230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...WORDING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
330 PM CDT WED SEP 18 1991

AT 325 PM CDT MOBILE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
REMAINED SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF MOBILE BAY AND NORTH
GEORGE COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
... SMALL SIZE HAIL... AND HEAVY RAINFALL... CAUSING BRIEF FLOODING OF
STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS AS THESE STORMS TRACK TO THE SOUTHWEST.

BOATERS IN OR NEAR MOBILE BAY SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGE IN THE
WEATHER AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION FOR THEIR SAFETY UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE
OUT OF THE AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.