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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Mobile, AL

June 19, 2007Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2007, 1:34 PM CDT for Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 19, 2007, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2007, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2007-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 932 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
932 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 191834
SVRMOB
ALC039-041-191915-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0089.070619T1834Z-070619T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
134 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETCTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GANTT
  TO BECK TO PLEASANT HOME...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA TO 11 MILES WEST OF ANDALUSIA TO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BECK BY 140 PM CDT...
  RIVER FALLS BY 145 PM CDT...
  HEATH...GANTT AND ANDALUSIA BY 155 PM CDT...
  RED OAK...LIBERTYVILLE AND CLEARVIEW BY 200 PM CDT...
  DOZIER BY 210 PM CDT...
  EODA BY 215 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3165 8637 3135 8658 3114 8677 3111 8632
      3124 8628 3151 8621

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 191904
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
204 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

ALC039-041-191915-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-070619T1915Z/
COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-
204 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CRENSHAW AND NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 202 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUVERNE TO 9 MILES EAST OF 
ANDALUSIA TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SANFORD BY 210 PM CDT...
  BABBIE AND LIBERTYVILLE BY 215 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3155 8641 3135 8658 3119 8668 3117 8642
      3124 8628 3151 8621

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington63 min
Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile2 hr

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.