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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Mobile, AL

July 3, 2011Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 6:50 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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 3, 2011, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1580 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
1580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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.

105 
WUUS54 KMOB 032350
SVRMOB
ALC023-040015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0177.110703T2350Z-110704T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
650 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BUTLER...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LISMAN...AND MOVING
  NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PUSHMATAHA AND CYRIL AROUND 705 PM CDT...
  YANTLEY...CROMWELL AND MOLLIE AROUND 715 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO 
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3224 8825 3209 8821 3205 8842 3215 8845
      3227 8843 3229 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 168DEG 8KT 3216 8834

$$
1 follow-up statement
446 
WWUS54 KMOB 040011
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
711 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

ALC023-040022-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-110704T0015Z/
CHOCTAW AL-
711 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3224 8825 3209 8821 3205 8842 3215 8845
      3227 8843 3229 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 168DEG 8KT 3221 8835

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 11:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB49 min
Jul 3, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.