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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Mobile, AL

June 10, 2011Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2011, 6:36 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 21 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 10, 2011, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 6:57 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 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.

767 
WUUS54 KMOB 102336
SVRMOB
ALC023-025-129-110015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0112.110610T2336Z-110611T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
636 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  WEST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF GROVE HILL...OR
  NEAR COFFEEVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SERVICE AROUND 655 PM CDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3151 8815 3168 8833 3188 8802 3174 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 050DEG 14KT 3175 8804

$$
1 follow-up statement
058 
WWUS54 KMOB 102357
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
657 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

ALC023-025-129-110007-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110611T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-CHOCTAW AL-
657 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW...WEST
CENTRAL CLARKE AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

LAT...LON 3151 8815 3168 8833 3188 8802 3174 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 050DEG 14KT 3170 8811

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin53 min
Jun 10, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin29 min
Jun 10, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Jun 10, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke51 min
Jun 10, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.