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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Mobile, AL

June 15, 2001Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2001, 6:53 PM CDT for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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 15, 2001, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2001, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2001-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1553 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 2001-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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 152356
SVRMOB
ALC025-129-160045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
653 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF WINN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GROVE HILL BY 720 PM CDT
  WALKER SPRINGS BY 725 PM CDT
  ALLEN BY 730 PM CDT
  WHATELY...MANILLA BY 735 PM CDT

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.  REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LAT...LON 3170 8821 3154 8823 3149 8763 3171 8759

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.