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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Mobile, AL

June 17, 2011Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 1:20 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2011, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 1:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Barnett Crossroads, ALDIME TO PENNY SIZE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1495 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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.

592 
WUUS54 KMOB 171820
SVRMOB
ALC053-171900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0153.110617T1820Z-110617T1900Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATMORE...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 118 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 NEAR ATMORE...OR NEAR I65 AND AL
  21...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLMAN PRISON AROUND 130 PM CDT...
  I65 AND AL 113 AROUND 200 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 74.

&&

LAT...LON 3117 8755 3127 8732 3127 8726 3107 8716
      3100 8747 3100 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 248DEG 9KT 3109 8747

$$
1 follow-up statement
614 
WWUS54 KMOB 171850
SVSMOB

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

ALC053-171901-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-110617T1900Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-
150 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3117 8755 3127 8732 3127 8726 3107 8716
      3100 8747 3100 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 248DEG 9KT 3112 8739

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.