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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Mobile, AL

June 7, 1996Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1996, 6:24 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 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
Jun 7, 1996, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Choctaw County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 6:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Womack Hill, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1996-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1740 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1996-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
1740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 072324
SVRMOB
ALC023-080030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
624 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...CHOCTAW COUNTY
 
AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CHOCTAW COUNTY FROM THE WEST.
 
MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.
 
THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS MELVIN...TOXEY...GILBERT
NLAND AND BUTLER 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 ANRE 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, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington63 min
Jun 7, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.