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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Mobile, AL

May 27, 2001Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2001, 4:35 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2001, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clarke County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 4:40 PM CDTHail 0.88Jackson, 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2001-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2001-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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 
WUUS54 KMOB 272135
SVRMOB
ALC025-272200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
435 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALKER SPRINGS...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALMA BY 440 PM CDT
  CHOCTAW BLUFF...MANILLA BY 445 PM CDT
  GAINESTOWN BY 450 PM CDT

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.  IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3158 8791 3143 8788 3131 8775 3157 8761

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington40 min
May 27, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington34 min
May 27, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.