Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jan 7, 1998, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)

Expired

Jan 7, 1998, 4:45 AM CST

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Stone County, MS

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KMOB 070947 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC131-071045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
346 AM CST WED JAN 7 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...STONE COUNTY
 
AT 340 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN STONE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI FROM
THE SOUTHWEST.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING MOST AREAS IN STONE COUNTY FROM MCHENRY TO
PERKINSTON TO WIGGINS TO BOND DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
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
DONT 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 Jan 7, 3:17 AM CST, 29 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
315 AM WED JAN 7 1998

HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED ACROSS ENTIRE FA UP THRU MID TO LATE AFT TODAY
AS DEVELOPING SFC LOW MOVES INLAND OVR THE CSTL LA AND MS. AS UPPER
TROF DEEPENS OVR CENTRL TX TODAY EXPECT SFC LOW TO PUSH NNE MOVING
INTO THE TN VAL BY TONIGHT. LATEST AVN AND ETA FILES SHOW BEST LIFT
AND MOISTURE OVR THE REGION UP THROUGH 18Z TODAY WITH 50KT LOW LEVL
JET DEVLOPING AROUND 12Z ALONG THE AL AND NWFL CST. WITH THIS AND
SOME MID LEVL DRYING BY MIDDAY COULD SEE SOME STRONGER... POSSIBLY
SEVERE...TS DEVELOPING NEAR THE CST BEFORE MOST OF THE THIS PRECIP
PULLS OUT LATER THIS AFT. ALSO...EXPECT SOME PROBLEMS BEFORE ITS ALL
OVER W/ ONE HR TOTALS BELOW 2 INCHES IN SOME AREAS FOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR. BEST CHANCE FOR FLASH FLOODING W/ BE FROM WASHINGTON TO
CHOCTAW COS IN AL AND ALL OF SE MS. LATEST FCST LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK
THOUGH POPS MAY NEED TO BE LOWERED SLIGHTLY FOR TONIGHT AND THU WITH
BETTER CLDS RETURNING NEAR THE FRNT ON THU.

OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...SELY WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AS LOW
LEVL JET DEVELOPES ALONG THE CST BECOMING SW TONIGHT. COULD SEE SOME
STRONG TS OVER THE GULF BEFORE ITS ALL OVR WITH WINDS UP TO OR
EXCEEDING GALE FORCE. WENT TO 8 FT ON THE SEAS LATE IN THE PD. LATEST
MODEL RUNS INDICATING BETTER FLOW FROM THE W THEN NW AFTER FROPA.

MOB 67/57/65/40 +431 PNS 69/59/64/46 +531
DTS 68/62/65/48 +531 EVR 66/57/63/39 +451 32

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.