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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Mobile, AL

October 26, 1997Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 1997, 5:14 AM CST for Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 1997, 5:14 AM CST (11:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 1997, 7:15 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 1997-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 925 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1997-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
925 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 261208 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC131-099-261315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
614 AM CST SUN OCT 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...WILCOX COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 607AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY NEAR BEATRICE
MOVING TOWARDS OAKHILL...PINEAPPLE AND MCWILLIAMS.
 
MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia40 min
Oct 25, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh62 min
Oct 26, 12:55 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington35 min
Oct 26, 1:37 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke68 min
Oct 26, 2:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox30 min
Oct 26, 2:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington55 min
Oct 26, 3:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw38 min

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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.