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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Mobile, AL

June 16, 2011Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 3:39 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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 16, 2011, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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
Jun 16, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2011-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2865 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 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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.

522 
WUUS54 KMOB 162039
SVRMOB
ALC023-162130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0145.110616T2039Z-110616T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
339 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUTLER...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 339 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 7 MILES
  WEST OF BUTLER...OR NEAR NEEDHAM...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEEDHAM AROUND 405 PM CDT...
  WIMBLY AND TOXEY AROUND 430 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3194 8813 3187 8839 3211 8846 3213 8846
      3218 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 342DEG 10KT 3207 8833

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 9:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB38 min
Jun 16, 10:07 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB38 min
Jun 16, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin30 min
Jun 16, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin52 min
Jun 16, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile39 min
Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile32 min
Jun 16, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw25 min
Jun 16, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw52 min
Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington25 min
Jun 16, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe42 min
Jun 16, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile39 min
Jun 16, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw25 min
Jun 16, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile22 min
Jun 16, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington24 min
Jun 16, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw23 min
Jun 16, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia42 min
Jun 16, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington41 min
Jun 16, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh27 min
Jun 16, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw38 min

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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.