Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Jan 7, 1998, 5:50 AM CST (11:50 UTC)

Expired

Jan 7, 1998, 6:45 AM CST

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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200 
WUUS1 KMOB 071151 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC003-071245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
550 AM CST WED JAN 7 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY
 
AT 550 AM CST...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POWERFUL LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL BEGIN TO ADVANCE INTO WESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY
BY 6 AM...AND AFFECT THE TOWNS OF STOCKTON AND TENSAW BY 620 AM...AND
BAY MINETTE BY 630 AM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
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 Jan 7, 3:17 AM CST, 2 hours 33 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 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.