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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Mobile, AL

June 28, 2011Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2011, 3:42 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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 28, 2011, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2011, 4:19 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 28, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2011-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2747 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 2011-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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.

568 
WUUS54 KMOB 282042
SVRMOB
ALC035-099-282130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0166.110628T2042Z-110628T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
342 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 340 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 16
  MILES NORTHEAST OF MONROEVILLE...OR NEAR BEATRICE...AND MOVING
  SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINE ORCHARD AND SKINNERTON AROUND 350 PM CDT...
  RAMAH AROUND 400 PM CDT...
  HARPERS STORE AROUND 405 PM CDT...
  FOWLER AND GREEN STREET AROUND 410 PM CDT...
  FAIRNELSON AND BURNT CORN AROUND 415 PM CDT...
  BOOKERS MILL AROUND 425 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3151 8692 3143 8721 3173 8729 3177 8715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 343DEG 13KT 3168 8715

$$
1 follow-up statement
334 
WWUS54 KMOB 282119
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
419 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

ALC035-099-282130-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110628T2130Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
419 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

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

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

LAT...LON 3151 8692 3143 8721 3173 8729 3177 8715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 343DEG 13KT 3155 8710

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB22 min
Jun 28, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe39 min
Jun 28, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia51 min
Jun 28, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington44 min
Jun 28, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Jun 28, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Jun 28, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 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.