Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Feb 19, 1996, 3:50 PM CST (21:50 UTC)

Expired

Feb 19, 1996, 4:45 PM CST

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Washington County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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.

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.

000 
WUUS1 KMOB 192149 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC129-192245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
350 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 350 PM MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER SEVERE STORM ENTERING
WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR YELLOW PINE. THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED EARLIER
FOR A DIFFERENT STORM WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM. THE SEVERE
STORM NEAR YELLOW PINE WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE
IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF CHATOM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION 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.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 19, 2:40 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
240 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996

ALREADY ISSUING WRNGS FOR STORMS IN CWA SO WILL BE VERY BRIEF. LOOKS
LIKE MAIN THRUST OF SVR WX WILL BE BETWEEN NOW AND 9 PM MAYBE A
LITTLE LATER OVER PNHDL AND E CWA. NO REAL COLD AIR TO FOLLOW THIS
SYSTEM. SHUD CLR EARLY ENOUGH ON FAT TUESDAY TO WARM CLOSE TO NGM
AFTER LOW CLDS AND POSSIBLY L- IN ERLY MORNING.(1)53/75/53/78 8200
(2)56/74/54/78/ 8200 DF

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.