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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 2005, 4:48 PM CST for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2005, 4:48 PM CST (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 5:43 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMOB 282248
SVRMOB
ALC025-282345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0239.051128T2248Z-051128T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
448 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 445 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINN...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROVE HILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WINN BY 455 PM CST
CHILTON AND GROVE HILL BY 505 PM CST
PEACOCK BY 510 PM CST
FULTON AND DICKINSON BY 515 PM CST
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3196 8768 3189 8768 3188 8763 3184 8763
3183 8755 3153 8793 3156 8800 3160 8802
3160 8807 3165 8808 3198 8772
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 282343
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
538 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
ALC025-282348-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-051128T2345Z/
CLARKE AL-
538 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY HAS BEEB
CANCELLED...
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF CLARKE
COUNTY...BUT ARE WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AT THIS TIME. THE
STRONGER STORM THAT WAS SEVERE A LITTLE EARLIER HAS MOVED NORTHEAST
OUT OF THE COUNTY AND IS ALSO NOW BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
A NEW TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM
CST MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3196 8768 3189 8768 3188 8763 3184 8763
3183 8755 3153 8793 3156 8800 3160 8802
3160 8807 3165 8808 3198 8772
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.