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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL

April 27, 1991Chambers County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1991, 7:04 PM CDT for Chambers County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1991, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1991, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Chambers County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 7:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Chambers, AL

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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 226 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1991-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 286 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1991-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa57 min
Apr 28, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery60 min
Apr 28, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour, Pike68 min

Nearby

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Sources

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.