Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

May 3, 1998, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 1998, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Mobile County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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TTAA00 KMOB 032321 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC097-040030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
622 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CITRONELLE OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN... AS
  INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING EAST 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR-
  GEORGETOWN AT 630 PM CDT
  GULFCREST AT 630 PM CDT
  CHUNCHULA AT 635 PM CDT
  OAK GROVE AT 640 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILLDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 3, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
230 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1998

AT 19Z/SFC CDFNT E TX-N LA-CNTRL MS-CNTRL IN AND MOVG SLOLY SWD IN
RESPONSE TO S/WAV ROTG THRU LWR MS VLY. LOCAL AMS QUITE UNSTBL WITH
GOES-8 CAPEs 2500-3000 J/KG AND CONV DEEP-ROOTED IN PBL. XPCT SCT SVR
TSTMS DVLPG OVR SRN MS TO FORM INTO MCS AND PROP SE TO COAST THRU
ERLY EVE. POSBL COLLISION ALSO ANTCPTD W/SEA-BREEZE LATER. SVR WX
COMP INDCTS DEEP LYR VWS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT ISOLD SUPERCELLS AS
WELL...BUT BLV BOWS/LRG HAIL TO BE PRIMARY THREAT.

THRU 00Z/TUE...MEAN L/WAV TRF PSTN TO SHIFT E A BIT AS NEXT SGNFNT
UPR VORTEX ON USCAN BORDER SET TO MOV SEWD INTO OHVLY. MID TROP TEMPS
SHUD GRDLY WARM BUT IT WL TAKE SOME TIME. FCST UPR HGTS FALL (20M)
SHUD AID CDFNT SRLY PUSH CLOSER TO COAST OVRNITE...BUT BLV FNT WL BE
SO SHALLOW BY ERLY MON THAT IT WL MERELY REFLECT AS A WEAK PRES TRF.
BLV ETA IS TOO AGRESSIVE W/DRYING AND CYCLGNS OVR N TX BY 48 HR WL
ALREADY CAUSE A NWD BUCKLING OF FNTL BNDRY IN BEG OF RTRN FLO
(FURTHER SLOWING CDFNT). WL REFLECT THIS OCCURENCE IN WARMER MIN TEMP
FCST. CHC POPs NEEDED MONDAY AS SEA-BREEZE CRCLN WL BECOME RE-
ESTABLISHED ALONG WITH REMNANT LOLVL MSTR. MONDAY NITE SHUD BE SLGTLY
COOLER ON MIN TEMPS WITH RDTN FOG.

AL/NW FL COASTAL WATERS...LOLVL RDG TO REMAIN AFFIXED OVR E GLF.
EXPECT TSTM OTFLW BNDRY TO SHIFT SFC WINDS TO NW FOR BRIEF PD TNT AS
LINE OF STG TSTSMS MOV OFF AL/FL CST DURG EVE. CDFNT WL STALL ALONG
CST BY MON AFTERNOON THRU ERLY TUE BEFORE DIMINISHING. SW FLOW 10 TO
15 KT WL PREDOMINATE OTRW (2-3 FEET SEAS).

MOB 61/81/61 6322  PNS 64/81/63 6322
DTS 67/76/66 6322  EVR 58/82/55 7322 23

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.