Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 12, 2001, 6:16 AM CST (12:16 UTC)

Expired

Mar 12, 2001, 6:45 AM CST

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clarke County, 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 121218 COR
SVRMOB

ALC025-121245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED FOR NORTHERN CLARKE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
616 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 AM CST

* AT 616 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OPINE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OPINE BY 620 AM CST
  TALLAHATTA SPRINGS BY 625 AM CST
  BASHI BY 630 AM CST
  SHAWNEE BY 640 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.

LAT...LON 3185 8813 3171 8799 3200 8768 3200 8790

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 12, 5:50 AM CST, 26 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
550 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX 58 HAS REPLACED 54 AND EXTENDS
INTO FAR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA COUNTIES.  WILL UPDATE WATCHES
ACCORDINGLY.  DUE TO SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE FROM THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER...WILL ALSO REMOVE STRONG STORM WORDING AND MENTION
SOME SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY FOR ALL ZONE GROUPS.  NO OTHER
CHANGES AT THIS TIME. /10

.MOB...
AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ650-670.
FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ655-675.
MS...NONE.

In the hours before

ALZ039-051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-121200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

A SERIES OF MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS A DEEPLY
SATURATED AIRMASS FOR PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.  A
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND DRIER AIR PUNCHING INTO THE MID LEVELS WILL
CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE FURTHER TODAY FOR THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER.  AS A RESULT...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS
POSTED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY.
DUE TO HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO
CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER OFFICIALS FOR SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.

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

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.