Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2007, 2:09 AM CST for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
- Feb 25, 2007, 2:09 AM CST (08:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2007, 2:47 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 590 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMOB 250809
SVRMOB
ALC131-250900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0015.070225T0809Z-070225T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
209 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
* UNTIL 300 AM CST
* AT 207 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMISON TO
CATHERINE TO ANNE MARIE TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUNNY SOUTH...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINDEN TO 17
MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN TO 18 MILES WEST OF CAMDEN TO 14 MILES
NORTH OF GROVE HILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
REHOBOTH...PRAIRIE...PINE HILL AND ALBERTA BY 215 AM CST...
SHEPPARD...COY AND YELLOW BLUFF BY 220 AM CST...
MILLERS FERRY AND COAL BLUFF BY 225 AM CST...
FATAMA BY 230 AM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3225 8750 3213 8760 3204 8767 3192 8766
3184 8760 3186 8728 3203 8712 3210 8723
3229 8744
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 250830 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 229 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ALC131-250900- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070225T0900Z/ WILCOX AL- 229 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR NORTHERN WILCOX COUNTY... AT 224 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALBERTA TO REHOBOTH TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKWEST TO PINE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THERE HAVE BEE SOME INDICATIONS OF WEAK ROTATION BUT THE CIRCULATION IS NOT OBSERVED TO BE PERSISTENT. THIS SITUATION WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN POTIONS OF WILCOX COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ROCKWEST BY 235 AM CST... CANTON BEND AND CAMDEN BY 240 AM CST... BOYKIN BY 245 AM CST... DARLINGTON BY 255 AM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3229 8743 3197 8761 3196 8712 3203 8712 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 250847 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 247 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ALC131-250857- /O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070225T0900Z/ WILCOX AL- 247 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WILCOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING. LAT...LON 3229 8743 3197 8761 3196 8712 3203 8712 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 24, 9:15 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 9:15 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
915 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
.UPDATE...HAVE UPDATED THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXTEND IT THROUGH 6 AM
TOMORROW MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING LATE SUNDAY
MORNING. THE MOBILE WSR-88D VAD WIND PROFILE (VWP) INDICATES WINDS
OF 40 TO 45 KNOTS AT 1 KFT AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MIX TO THE
SURFACE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY AS THE CONVECTION (AND TIGHTER GRADIENT)
GETS CLOSER TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS IN
THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. NPW ALREADY OUT
AND THE NEW ZONE FORECASTS ARE FORTHCOMING. /13
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER MOBILE...
MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...AND
WILCOX.
FL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL
ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND
ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.
MS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND WAYNE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20
NM...MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM
20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS
FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
&&
13/JCHazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 1:35 PM CST, 12 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 135 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-079- 251200- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- MOBILE BAY-BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE- CONECUH-COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- GEORGE-GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 135 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER KANSAS MOVES TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THE ENTIRE REGION OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. WE ARE EXPECTING A SQUALL LINE WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE APPROACHING THE INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY EVENING...THEN MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT ALABAMA COUNTIES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SQUALL LINE...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...GENERALLY OVER THE INLAND SECTIONS...ROUGHLY NORTH OF A NEW AUGUSTA...MONROEVILLE TO ANDALUSIA LINE...ALTHOUGH ANY SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO. THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM MID EVENING TO LATE NIGHT...WHEN MOST RESIDENTS ARE SLEEPING. A GOOD REASON TO HAVE A WEATHER RADIO THAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO WAKE YOU UP IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND FREQUENT GUST TO 30 MPH OR MORE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 KNOTS OR MORE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 10:41 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1041 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ALZ051>054-MSZ067-075-076-250530- WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-CHOCTAW-PERRY-GREENE-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAKESVILLE...NEW AUGUSTA...WAYNESBORO... BUTLER...CHATOM AND GROVE HILL... 1041 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 3 AM FOR WASHINGTON...CLARKE...WILCOX...CHOCTAW...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE COUNTIES... AT 1040 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MCCOMB TO JUST EAST OF MERIDIAN. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH WITH STORMS MOVING UP THE LINE AT A MUCH FASTER RATE...TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. FORECASTERS CONTINUE TO SEE HIGH AMOUNTS OF WIND SHEAR ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTH ALABAMA AHEAD OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS. THAT MEANS THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF TORNADOES DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE AS IT CONTINUES MOVING TO THE EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND OVER INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE RISK OF TORNADOES...THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. PERSONS ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD KEEP CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER TONIGHT. THOSE WHO HAVE A NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO SHOULD MAKE SURE IT IS TURNED ON...IN THE ALERT MODE SETTING...BEFORE GOING OFF TO BED. HAVE A PLAN TO QUICKLY FIND A PLACE OF SHELTER SHOULD A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA TONIGHT. AGAIN...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 12:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 38 min |
| Feb 25, 1:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.