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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Mobile, AL

June 17, 2011Conecuh County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 3:38 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 4:13 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

066 
WUUS54 KMOB 172038
SVRMOB
ALC035-099-131-172130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0157.110617T2038Z-110617T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 333 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 14
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...OR NEAR WATSONVILLE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TURKESTAN AROUND 345 PM CDT...
  AL 47 AND CR 29 RO...AL 47 AND CR 29...OLD TEXAS AND MIDWAY AROUND
  420 PM CDT...
  AL 47 AND CR 29 RO...AL 47 AND CR 29 AND OLD TEXAS AROUND 425 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 3182 8692 3158 8704 3179 8731 3194 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 301DEG 12KT 3182 8717

$$
2 follow-up statements
935 
WWUS54 KMOB 172100
SVSMOB

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

ALC131-172110-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-110617T2130Z/
WILCOX AL-
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3183 8720 3184 8700 3182 8692 3158 8704
      3179 8731 3184 8727 3184 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 301DEG 12KT 3178 8710

$$

ALC035-099-172130-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-110617T2130Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTH CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTIES...

AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MCWILLIAMS...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TURNBULL BY 405 PM CDT...
  MIDWAY BY 420 PM CDT...
  OLD TEXAS AND 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SKINNERTON BY 425 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 3183 8720 3184 8700 3182 8692 3158 8704
      3179 8731 3184 8727 3184 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 301DEG 12KT 3178 8710

$$
860 
WWUS54 KMOB 172113
SVSMOB

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

ALC035-099-172122-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-110617T2130Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
413 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTH
CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS. HOWEVER...WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS 
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3183 8720 3184 8700 3182 8692 3158 8704
      3179 8731 3184 8727 3184 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 301DEG 12KT 3176 8706

$$

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, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw46 min
Jun 17, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile28 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.