Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Oct 24, 1997, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)

Expired

Oct 24, 1997, 4:45 AM CDT

In force

69 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

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TTAA00 KMOB 240834 RRA
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
336 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 336 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY AL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL ENTERING
WESTERN PARTS OF CLARKE COUNTY AL DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING NEAR THE AREAS OF CHATOM...JACKSON...GROVEHILL
AND COFFEVILLE THROUGH DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT WITH THIS STORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIG<HTNING...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 Oct 24, 2:55 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
245 PM CDT THU OCT 23 1997

LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WARM FRONT HAS MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF MOB
DURNING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS WITH RADAR AND SATELITE INDICATING
WIDEPREAD PRECIP SW MOVING INLAND OVR THE S MS CST. MAIN FEATURE
LOOKS TO BE DEEP LOW OVR THE CNTRL AND LOWER PLAINS HOLDING THROUGH
THE NEXT 48HRS AS RIDGE AXIS FROM THE CAROLINAS TO THE CENTRL GULF
CST BREAKS DOWN SLOWLY THRU EARLY SAT MORNING. ALOFT UPPER LEVL JET
WAS DEPICTED OVR THE CNTRL GULF CST WITH ETA SHOWING RRQ PASSING OVR
THE FA THROUGH 18Z TODAY. WITH THIS COMBINED WITH INCREASED DIRECTION
SHEAR EARLIER THIS EVE AND INCREASED MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE FRONT
MOST OF THE PD...CANT RULE OUT THE CHANCE OF SVR TS DEV AND HEAVY
PRECIP THROUGH 18Z TODAY. LATER IN THE PD CNTRL US LOW CONTINUES TO
DEEPEN AND SLIDE EAST AS UPPER LEVL TROF DIGS SE OVR N TX AND W AR.
LATEST RUC CURRENTLY SHOWING GOOD FORCING ALOFT COMBINED WITH STRONG
ISENTROPIC LIFT DURING THE MORNING HRS WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR
ADVECTING IN ALOFT BY MIDDAY TODAY. CURRENT FCST LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK
THOUGH WILL MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE OF SVR WX IN THE NOW DURING THE
EARLY PART OF TODAY. ALSO RAISED TEMPS SLIGHTLY FOR TODAY MAINLY NEAR
THE COAST.

OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...WINDS ARE UP FROM THE SE 20 KT TO 25 KTS
OVR WESTERN PARTS OF THE FA SHIFTING EAST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HRS.
NUMEROUS TS LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFT WEST CONTINUING THROUGH 00Z
SOUTH DTS. OTHERWISE CURRENT FCST LOOKS TO BE TRACK WITH SEAS
BUILDING TO 8FT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES THRU THE PD.

MOB 80/67/78/65 9563  PNS 79/68/78/66 9663
DTS 80/69/79/67 9764  EVR 78/60/77/62 9563 32

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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