Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 14, 2001, 12:26 AM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
- Dec 14, 2001, 12:26 AM CST (06:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2001, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Mobile County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 12:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Bucks, AL | Strong thunderstorm winds produced minor damage to a manufactured home on Highway 43 near Bucks. Slightly more significant damage to a nearby outbuilding and a small boat which was sitting near the outbuilding also occurred. |
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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS54 KMOB 140626
SVRMOB
ALC097-140700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1226 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 100 AM CST
* AT 1226 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHUNCHULA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PINEOLA BY 1230 AM CST
BUCKS...CHASTANG BY 1235 AM CST
FORT STODDARD...MOUNT VERNON BY 1240 AM CST
STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM. IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY
SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS 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 3096 8832 3081 8829 3097 8799 3114 8797
3115 8809The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 11:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Dec 14, 12:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 29 min |
| Dec 14, 12:35 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 115 min | |
| Dec 14, 12:35 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 115 min | |
| Dec 14, 12:35 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 115 min | |
| Dec 14, 2:10 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Dec 14, 2:10 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 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.