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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

January 8, 1997Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 1997, 2:31 PM CST for Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 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
Jan 8, 1997, 2:31 PM CST (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 1997, 3:30 PM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 8, 10:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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 12:00Z on 1997-01-08Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1997-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 321 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
466 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 082031 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC131-099-082130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
231 PM CST WED JAN 8 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...WILCOX COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 230 PM MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BEATRICE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE
APPROACHING SNOW HILL AND ALLENTON BETWEEN 245 AND 300 PM.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 1:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile45 min
Jan 8, 11:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile68 min
Jan 8, 12:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington44 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.