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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Mobile, AL

June 7, 1996Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1996, 5:27 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1996, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1996, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Covington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 86 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1996-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1237 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1996-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 072229
SVRMOB
ALC039-072330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
527 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...COVINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH
OVER MOST OF THE CENTRAL PART OF COVINGTON COUNTY AL.
 
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.
 
THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS OF FROM DOZIER TO OPP FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw67 min
Jun 7, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.