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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Mobile, AL

May 2, 2001Conecuh County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2001, 3:09 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2001, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2001, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 022011
SVRMOB
ALC035-053-099-022045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
309 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF VOCATION...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
  5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MEGARGEL AND URIAH...WHICH IS NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF THE       
  MONROE...ESCAMBIA...AND CONECUH COUNTY LINES...BY 345 PM CDT.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING 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 3116 8743 3124 8724 3147 8u735 3139 8759

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile39 min
May 2, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin23 min
May 2, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe36 min
May 2, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Washington27 min
May 2, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile37 min
May 2, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington31 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.