Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2007, 2:13 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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
- May 13, 2007, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 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 131915 SVRMOB ALC003-132000- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0069.070513T1913Z-070513T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 213 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF DAPHNE AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK IN SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAY CITY BY 230 PM CDT... 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARLOW BY 235 PM CDT... DAPHNE AND JACKSON OAK BY 240 PM CDT... MONTROSE BY 255 PM CDT... FAIRHOPE...HOUSTONVILLE...BATTLES WHARF AND POINT CLEAR BY 300 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3033 8758 3068 8786 3046 8809 3023 8789 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 131935 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 234 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ALC003-132000- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-070513T2000Z/ BALDWIN AL- 234 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BON SECOUR BY 240 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3029 8755 3040 8762 3029 8781 3021 8772 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 131947 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 246 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ALC003-132000- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-070513T2000Z/ BALDWIN AL- 246 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPANISH FORT. BOTH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... OAK AND SPANISH FORT THROUGH 300 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3029 8755 3076 8787 3069 8799 3021 8772 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 38 min |
| May 12, 10:18 PM CDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | MOB | 33 hr | |
| May 13, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| May 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 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.