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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Mobile, AL

June 14, 2001Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 1:14 PM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2001, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2001, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Washington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1560 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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.

497 
WUUS54 KMOB 141814
SVRMOB
ALC129-141900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
114 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOPER TO 2
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAWTHORN...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CHATOM...SUNFLOWER BY 115 PM CDT
  CORTELUOU...JORDON BY 125 PM CDT
  LOPER...PRESTWICK BY 130 PM CDT
  HEALING SPRINGS BY 135 PM CDT

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE 
STORMS.  IF IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY 
SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3152 8843 3122 8816 3139 8791 3157 8805
          3168 8811 3168 8845

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington25 min
Jun 14, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Monroe41 min
Jun 14, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw25 min
Jun 14, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw48 min
Jun 14, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke26 min
Jun 14, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox44 min
Jun 14, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Marengo40 min
Jun 14, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox47 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.