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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

March 1, 2007Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2007, 11:35 AM CST for Covington 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
Mar 1, 2007, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 12:30 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 9:47 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 322 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 011735
SVRMOB
ALC039-011830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0021.070301T1735Z-070301T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1135 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1132 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATKINS BRIDGE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF
  ANDALUSIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STEDMAN BY 1140 AM CST...
  GREEN BAY AND ONYCHA BY 1150 AM CST...
  ESTOTHEL AND OPP BY NOON CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3108 8655 3098 8644 3105 8620 3135 8620

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 8:56 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile21 min
Mar 1, 9:00 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia30 min
Mar 1, 9:22 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin38 min
Mar 1, 9:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler25 min
Mar 1, 10:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington33 min
Mar 1, 10:34 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBCovington41 min
Mar 1, 11:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke25 min
Mar 1, 11:29 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke18 min
Mar 1, 11:42 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington48 min
Mar 1, 11:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington47 min
Mar 1, 12:18 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWilcox42 min
Mar 1, 12:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCovington39 min
Mar 1, 12:27 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox48 min
Mar 1, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMonroe49 min
Mar 1, 1:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington44 min
Mar 1, 1:55 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more4 hr
Mar 1, 2:08 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw37 min
Mar 1, 2:16 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler31 min
Mar 1, 3:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile34 min
Mar 1, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe31 min
Mar 1, 4:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin35 min
Mar 1, 4:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw26 min
Mar 1, 4:29 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw31 min
Mar 1, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington32 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.