Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1996, 2:18 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 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
- Jul 13, 1996, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1996, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Grove Hill, 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.
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.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 13, 2:37 AM CDT, 11 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:37 AM CDT, 11 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 235 AM SAT JUL 13 1996 ATMOS RETURNING TO MORE TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN AS BERTHA MOVES UP EAST COAST. SHUD BE AN ACTIVE DAY FOR SEA BRZ TSTMS AS 70H TROF THRU MIDSECTION OF COUNTRY MOVS SE AND INTERACTS WITH SEA BRZ LATER TODAY. FCST K INDX AND MRH ALSO LOOK FAVORABLE OVR FA TODAY. PCPN PRODUCTS ...BOTH AFOS AND GRIDDED DATA ALL SHOW ARND 1/2 INCH AMOUNTS...OF COURSE XPCT MUCH MORE IN PLACES. MORE OF THE SAME ON SUN AS ETA SHOWS A BIT STRONGER 50H TROF OVR FA BY THEN WITH SE FLOW IN LOWER LEVELS. (1) 90/74/90/74 5352 (2) 90/75/90/74 4242 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.