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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Mobile, AL

July 13, 1996Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1996, 2:18 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 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
Jul 13, 1996, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1996, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 2:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Grove 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 text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 13, 2:37 AM CDT, 11 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:37 AM CDT, 11 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
235 AM SAT JUL 13 1996

ATMOS RETURNING TO MORE TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN AS BERTHA MOVES UP
EAST COAST. SHUD BE AN ACTIVE DAY FOR SEA BRZ TSTMS AS 70H TROF THRU
MIDSECTION OF COUNTRY MOVS SE AND INTERACTS WITH SEA BRZ LATER TODAY.
FCST K INDX AND MRH ALSO LOOK FAVORABLE OVR FA TODAY. PCPN PRODUCTS
...BOTH AFOS AND GRIDDED DATA ALL SHOW ARND 1/2 INCH AMOUNTS...OF
COURSE XPCT MUCH MORE IN PLACES. MORE OF THE SAME ON SUN AS ETA SHOWS
A BIT STRONGER 50H TROF OVR FA BY THEN WITH SE FLOW IN LOWER LEVELS.
(1) 90/74/90/74 5352  (2) 90/75/90/74 4242  11

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington66 min
Jul 13, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw61 min
Jul 13, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.