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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Mobile, AL

June 9, 2007Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2007, 4:47 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 9, 2007, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crenshaw County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 5:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Brantley, ALTREES DOWNED NEAR ALABAMA HIGHWAY 106 WEST OF BRANTLEY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2007-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2775 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2007-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 092147
SVRMOB
ALC041-092230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0079.070609T2147Z-070609T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
447 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUVERNE...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  WEST OF RUTLEDGE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF LUVERNE...AND MOVING
  SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY AT 500 PM CDT
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY AT 520 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 3178 8629 3182 8646 3153 8648 3149 8621

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 092209
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
509 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2007

ALC041-092230-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-070609T2230Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
509 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY...

AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANTLEY...OR ABOUT NEAR LUVERNE...
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRANTLEY BY 525 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 3169 8620 3172 8646 3153 8648 3149 8621

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin26 min
Jun 9, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin50 min
Jun 9, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin47 min
Jun 9, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington45 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.