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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 1, 2006Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 1, 2006, 2:59 PM CST for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
Jan 1, 2006, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2006, 3:45 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2006-01-01Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2006-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 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 012059
SVRMOB
ALC035-053-012145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0002.060101T2059Z-060101T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
259 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 258 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BARNETT CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWTON...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RANGE AND I65 AND AL 41 BY 310 PM CST
  LENOX BY 315 PM CST
  I65 AND CR 6 BY 320 PM CST
  BELLEVILLE BY 330 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 3127 8746 3113 8734 3134 8690 3154 8710

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 012125
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
325 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

ALC035-053-012145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060101T2145Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL-
325 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR
SOUTHERN CONECUH AND NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 323 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CASTLEBERRY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF EVERGREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NYMPH BY 330 PM CST
  JOHNSONVILLE...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERGREEN AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF I65 AND AL 83 BY 335 PM CST
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OWASSA BY 340 PM CST
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNVILLE BY 345 PM CST

LAT...LON 3134 8724 3116 8710 3129 8678 3151 8693

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 2:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Monroe37 min
Jan 1, 3:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile35 min
Jan 1, 3:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington33 min
Jan 1, 3:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin35 min
Jan 1, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile32 min
Jan 1, 4:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw51 min
Jan 1, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia30 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.