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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Mobile, AL

October 13, 2001Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2001, 8:14 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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: Oct 13, 2001, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Baldwin County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 13, 8:22 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Gulf Shrs, AL	High winds along the leading edge of a squall line damaged several tents at the Shrimp Festival being held in Gulf Shores.. Several trees were also blown over near Marlow.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 13, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 317 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 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.

527 
WUUS54 KMOB 140114
SVRMOB
ALC003-140145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
814 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY TO 14
  MILES SOUTH OF GASQUE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ELBERTA...ROMAR BEACH BY 820 PM CDT
  JOSEPHINE...CASWELL BY 825 PM CDT
  SEMINOLE BY 830 PM CDT

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS.  IF IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 3047 8785 2996 8782 3013 8759 3052 8744

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Oct 13, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Oct 13, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Oct 13, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	33 min
Oct 13, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	31 min
Oct 13, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	31 min
Oct 13, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler	39 min
Oct 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	61 min
Oct 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	31 min
Oct 13, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	32 min
Oct 13, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	54 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.