Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Apr 22, 1996, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)

Expired

Apr 23, 1996, 12:30 AM CDT

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMOB 230423
SVRMOB
ALC023-MSC153-230530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1122 PM CDT MON APR 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...CHOCTAW COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 1123 PM CDT MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO JUST WEST OF WAYNE
COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED
DAMAGING WINDS THAT DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES EARLIER JUST TO THE WEST OF
THE WARNED COUNTIES.
 
THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITIES OF BUTLER AND WAYNESBORO AROUND
MIDNIGHT.
 
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.
 
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.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 22, 2:47 PM CDT, 8 hours 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
245 PM CDT MON APR 22 1996

AFTN HEATING AND OCNL BINOVC CAUSING DESTABILIZATION AND THEREFORE A
FEW SPLASH AND DASH RW AND ISOLATED TRW ARE POPPING UP IN AND NEAR
CWA.  ANLYS OF UPSTREAM 12Z RAOBS AT SIL AND LCH INDICATE A RATHER
SHALLOW MOISTURE FIELD CONFINED TO LOEST 4 KFT AND DRY AIR RESIDING
ABV LYR. HWVR...88D BEGS TO DIFFER AS MOISTURE BECOMING BETTER
ESTABLISHED AS TROF APPROACHES GULF STATES.  CAP STRENGTHS OF OVR 3
DEGREES SHUD BE ENUF TO KEEP ACTIVITY FROM GOING WILD SO XPCT PRECIP
TO BE ISO/WDLY SCT IN NATURE IN ERLY GOING.  FOR THE EVE HRS...WL
NEED TO MONITR DVLPNG CONVECTION TO THE NW AS NEW WW 228 FOR NRN LA
AND SRN  AR IN EFFECT UNTIL 02Z TUE. MODELS LOOK TO BE IN FAIR AGRMNT
WITH FEATURES AS COMPOSITE CHARTS FROM ETA RUNS INDICATE ACTIVE WX
NITE ACRS SRN STATES. BY 12Z TUE...AS UPPER ENERGY SWINGS ENE THRU
MID MS VLY...SHEAR PROFILES WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY ACRS GULF STATES SO
ATTM...ORGANIZED SVR LOOKS TO BE TO N AND NW OF FA CLOSER TO MORE
FVRBL PROXIMITY OF LOW CENTER AND BETTER DYNAMICAL FORCING...HWVR
CANT RULE OUT STRONG STMS MOVING FROM W TO E THRU PREDAWN HRS WITH A
FEW ISO STORMS PSBLY APPROACHING SVR LVLS SO WL NEED TO MONITR THIS
CLOSELY OVER NITE. LONG AWAITED FRONT LOOKS TO BLOW THRU NEAR THE
NOON HR TUE WITH NVA DOMINATING AREA BY MID WEEK. WITH 88D INDICATING
RW ACTIVITY AND DEEPER MOISTURE CONSIDERATIONS WL OPT TO GO WITH FAN
ON 2ND PD POPS WITH TMPS COOLING OFF A BIT AFTER FROPA...BUT NOT
EXCITING. (1) 66/77/53/78 2500 (2) 67/79/56/79 2500    GJM

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