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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Mobile, AL

June 7, 1996Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1996, 8:28 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1996-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1996-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -103 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-47 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 080127
SVRMOB
ALC025-080200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
828 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY
 
AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY LOCATED FROM THOMASVILLE
STETCHING SOUTH TO FULTON.  THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE AREA FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
 
STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
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.

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.