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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

March 10, 2010Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2010, 6:16 PM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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 10, 2010, 6:16 PM CST (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2010, 7:00 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 10, 1:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 00:00Z on 2010-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2010-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 497 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-265 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
497 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
544 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

854 
WUUS54 KMOB 110016
SVRMOB
ALC025-129-110100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0013.100311T0016Z-100311T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
616 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GROVE HILL...
  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 611 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS OVER 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON...
  OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROVE HILL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WINN BY 625 PM CST...
  CHILTON BY 635 PM CST...

FREQUENT 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3179 8767 3144 8787 3150 8802 3200 8795
      3200 8768 3200 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 193DEG 37KT 3158 8792

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington41 min
Mar 10, 6:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw20 min
Mar 10, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke45 min
Mar 10, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington62 min
Mar 10, 7:44 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington31 min
Mar 10, 7:51 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBDallas, Monroe, Wilcox8 days
Mar 10, 8:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox32 min
Mar 10, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw58 min
Mar 10, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw55 min
Mar 10, 9:40 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw50 min
Mar 10, 9:46 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB119 min
Mar 10, 9:48 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe30 min
Mar 10, 11:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw2 hr
Mar 11, 12:11 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
Mar 11, 12:15 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Mar 11, 12:39 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB51 min
Mar 11, 1:38 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Mar 11, 1:49 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Mar 11, 3:13 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB33 min
Mar 11, 3:40 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Mar 11, 4:08 AM CSTMarine Weather StatementMOB112 min
Mar 11, 9:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia9 days

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.