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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Mobile, AL

June 17, 2011Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 2:29 PM CDT for Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

649 
WUUS54 KMOB 171929
SVRMOB
ALC013-041-172015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0155.110617T1929Z-110617T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENVILLE...
  NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  TWO LINES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS 
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
  GREENVILLE TO 17 MILES NORTH OF LUVERNE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
  15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENVILLE AROUND 300 PM CDT...
  PETREY AROUND 315 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 140.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3180 8620 3180 8688 3197 8688 3197 8686
      3198 8642 3205 8641 3206 8630 3198 8629
      3198 8619 3196 8618 3189 8617 3187 8618
      3184 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 302DEG 11KT 3189 8673 3194 8616

$$
2 follow-up statements
683 
WWUS54 KMOB 172002
SVSMOB

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

ALC013-041-172015-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-110617T2015Z/
BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-
302 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CRENSHAW AND NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MANNINGHAM TO SAVILLE...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE TO 14
MILES NORTH OF LUVERNE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRING HILL AND SAVILLE BY 310 PM CDT...
  GARNERSVILLE...HONORAVILLE AND GREENVILLE BY 315 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 3180 8620 3180 8688 3197 8688 3197 8686
      3198 8642 3205 8641 3206 8630 3198 8629
      3198 8619 3196 8618 3189 8617 3187 8618
      3184 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 302DEG 11KT 3188 8676 3190 8631

$$
524 
WWUS54 KMOB 172014
SVSMOB

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

ALC013-041-172024-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-110617T2015Z/
BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-
314 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRENSHAW AND NORTHERN
BUTLER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3180 8620 3180 8688 3197 8688 3197 8686
      3198 8642 3205 8641 3206 8630 3198 8629
      3198 8619 3196 8618 3189 8617 3187 8618
      3184 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 302DEG 11KT 3186 8672 3188 8627

$$

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