Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Feb 22, 1998, 5:37 AM CST (11:37 UTC)

Expired

Feb 22, 1998, 6:40 AM CST

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Butler County, AL

795 
WUUS1 KMOB 221134 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC013-221240-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
537 AM CST SUN FEB 22 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 640 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA

   ...BUTLER COUNTY


AT 535 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR AT MOBILE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM EXITING NORTHEAST CONECUH COUNTY AND WAS MOVING INTO
SOUTH BUTLER COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STORM WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF
GEORGIANA AND THEN TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE,AL.  THE MAIN
THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL.




IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORM IN A
STRONG BUILDING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER.
DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR OTHER
ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. THESE ATTRACT LIGHTNING. DO NOT 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 22, 2:30 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
230 AM CST SUN FEB 22 1998

LRG CLUSTER OF STMS ACRS W GULF AHD OF 1006 LOW OFF TX COAST CONTS TO
PUSH RAPIDLY E.  SFC WRMFNT ALREADY APPROACHING LA COAST WITH ADAP 2
HR ALT CHG SHOWING 6 MB FALLS ALG MOUTH OF MS AND SCTG OF TSTMS. ETA
SHOWS UPR LEVEL HGHTS TO TAKE ON A NEG TILT CONFIG BY SUNUP OVR FA
WHICH SUPPORTS DEEP LYR DVRGNC AND LIFT WITHIN MOIST AIRMASS.  LATEST
SAT AND RADAR TRENDS INDICATES ETA HAS A FAIRLY GOOD HANDLE OF PCPN
TRACK.  CAA ALFT AND DRY SURGE IN MID LVLS WL AID IN DESTABLIZATION
WITH GOOD TURNING OF WINDS IN LOLVLS SUGGESTING POTENTIAL OF
HAIL...DAMAGING TSTM WINDS AND ROTATING STMS LATER THIS MORNING. SPC
HAS SLGT RISK OF SVR TDY. LOW TRACKS NE ACRS SRN LA AND TO THE W
OF MOB BY THE NOON HR WITH PRES DEEPENING TO 1000 MB BY 00Z B4
LIFTING RAPIDLY NE INTO WRN GA BY LATE EVE. WL KEEP LINGERING SHWRS
IN FCST UNDER WRP ARND MOISTURE FOR EVE. HI PRES SFC/ALFT BUILDS E IN
THE WAKE OF THE LOW ON MON.

COASTAL FORECAST CONTS TO BE A PRBLM...WITH LATEST FCSTS INDICATING
DEEPENING LOW TO N OF MOB BY 00Z...WINDS TAKE ON SE TO SRLY ONSHORE
FLOW WHILE INCRG TO NEAR GALE FORCE THRU DAY. ATTM...TIDES RISING
RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL OF SOME EROSION AND TIDAL PILING ON E AND
S FACING SHORELINES OF BAYS AND BARRIER ISLANDS.  ATTM IT APPEARS
FAST MOVING STORM THIS GO ARND WILL CAUSE DURATION OF EVENT TO BE
LESSENED.

MOB 60/44/67/45 +400 PNS 60/47@/67/46 +400
DTS 61/49/65/46 +500 EVR 57/43/63/41 +600 10

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

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