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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Mobile, AL

July 2, 2011Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2011, 12:59 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
Jul 2, 2011, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2011, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2011-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2612 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
2612 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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.

653 
WUUS54 KMOB 021759
SVRMOB
ALC097-021830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0170.110702T1759Z-110702T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1259 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRICHARD...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1258 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRICHARD...OR
  NEAR FOREST HILL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SEMMES...I65 AND US 45 AND I65 AND I165

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 11.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 61 MPH.  
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 3057 8823 3068 8841 3086 8824 3077 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 213DEG 2KT 3073 8822

$$
1 follow-up statement
666 
WWUS54 KMOB 021826
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
126 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

ALC097-021836-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-110702T1830Z/
MOBILE AL-
126 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS. 

LAT...LON 3057 8823 3068 8841 3086 8824 3077 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 213DEG 2KT 3074 8821

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 1:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Jul 2, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia26 min
Jul 2, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin35 min
Jul 2, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile31 min
Jul 2, 2:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin53 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.