Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 2:46 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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 8, 2011, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
362 WUUS54 KMOB 081946 SVRMOB ALC003-082015- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0104.110608T1946Z-110608T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 246 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROBERTSDALE...LOXLEY... * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 243 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 NEAR LOXLEY...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SILVERHILL...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LOXLEY...ROBERTSDALE AND SILVERHILL AROUND 315 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 58. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3047 8785 3074 8790 3078 8761 3054 8752 TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 077DEG 3KT 3063 8767 $$
1 follow-up statement
544 WWUS54 KMOB 082004 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 304 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 ALC003-082015- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-110608T2015Z/ BALDWIN AL- 304 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSINTON...OR NEAR LOXLEY...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LOXLEY...STEELWOOD...PINE HAVEN AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STAPLETON BY 315 PM CDT... LAT...LON 3047 8785 3074 8790 3078 8761 3054 8752 TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 077DEG 3KT 3067 8772 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 18 min |
| Jun 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 41 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.