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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Mobile, AL

June 17, 2011Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 12:39 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile 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 17, 2011, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3664 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 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
3664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 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.

222 
WUUS54 KMOB 171739
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-171830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0152.110617T1739Z-110617T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1239 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1237 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 16 MILES NORTH OF BAY MINETTE...
  OR 8 MILES EAST OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LATHAM AROUND 1245 PM CDT...
  TENSAW AROUND 105 PM CDT...
  BLACKSHER AND REDTOWN AROUND 130 PM CDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3113 8802 3122 8786 3121 8785 3123 8785
      3129 8774 3112 8762 3097 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 237DEG 11KT 3111 8787

$$
2 follow-up statements
284 
WWUS54 KMOB 171749
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1249 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

ALC097-171759-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-110617T1830Z/
MOBILE AL-
1249 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MOBILE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF MOBILE COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3101 8783 3117 8794 3122 8786 3121 8785
      3123 8785 3129 8774 3112 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 237DEG 11KT 3113 8784

$$

ALC003-171830-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-110617T1830Z/
BALDWIN AL-
1249 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...

AT 1246 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LATHAM...OR 17 MILES
NORTH OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TENSAW BY 105 PM CDT...
  BLACKSHER AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDTOWN BY 130 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3101 8783 3117 8794 3122 8786 3121 8785
      3123 8785 3129 8774 3112 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 237DEG 11KT 3113 8784

$$
222 
WWUS54 KMOB 171800
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

ALC003-171810-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-110617T1830Z/
BALDWIN AL-
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3101 8783 3117 8794 3122 8786 3121 8785
      3123 8785 3129 8774 3112 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 237DEG 11KT 3115 8781

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia40 min
Jun 17, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia39 min
Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw46 min
Jun 17, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile28 min
Jun 17, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe, Wilcox35 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.