Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 28, 2007, 11:55 AM CST for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2007, 11:55 AM CST (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2007, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 12:10 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Evergreen, AL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 10:44 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 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 281755 SVRMOB ALC035-053-099-281845- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0151.071228T1755Z-071228T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1155 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EVERGREEN... NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1245 PM CST * AT 1154 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VOCATION...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF MONROEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RANGE AND I65 AND AL 41 BY 1215 PM CST... LENOX AND REPTON BY 1220 PM CST... I65 AND CR 6 BY 1225 PM CST... BELLEVILLE BY 1235 PM CST... I65 AND US 84...EVERGREEN AND I65 AND AL 83 BY 1245 PM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3158 8695 3135 8685 3117 8747 3134 8755 TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 248DEG 28KT 3129 8741 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 281818 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1216 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2007 ALC035-053-099-281845- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-071228T1845Z/ ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL-MONROE AL- 1216 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE...WESTERN CONECUH AND NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... AT 1213 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANGE... OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... I65 AND CR 6 BY 1225 PM CST... 6 MILES SOUTH OF NICHBURG BY 1230 PM CST... BELLEVILLE AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF LOREE BY 1235 PM CST... I65 AND US 84 BY 1240 PM CST... EVERGREEN...I65 AND AL 83...OWASSA AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNVILLE BY 1245 PM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD TO NUSIANCE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND URBAN AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EVERGREEN WITH THIS GROUP OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3158 8695 3135 8685 3117 8747 3134 8755 TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 248DEG 28KT 3135 8723 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 281846 RRA SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1246 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2007 ALC035-053-099-281856- /O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-071228T1845Z/ ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL-MONROE AL- 1246 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE...WESTERN CONECUH AND NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1245 PM CST... AT 1245 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3158 8695 3135 8685 3117 8747 3134 8755 TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 248DEG 33KT 3137 8717 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 10:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 24 min |
| Dec 28, 10:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 10:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 37 min |
| Dec 28, 11:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 50 min |
| Dec 28, 11:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 44 min |
| Dec 28, 12:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 41 min |
| Dec 28, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.