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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Mobile, AL

August 22, 2011Butler County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2011, 5:39 PM CDT for Butler 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
Aug 22, 2011, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2011, 6:10 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Butler County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2011-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2770 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 2011-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
2770 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

621 
WUUS54 KMOB 222239
SVRMOB
ALC013-222330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0199.110822T2239Z-110822T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
539 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE...OR
  4 MILES EAST OF CHAPMAN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCKENZIE...           GEORGIANA...          CHAPMAN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 126.

&&

LAT...LON 3153 8679 3180 8675 3180 8654 3163 8650
      3153 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 000DEG 14KT 3171 8664

$$
1 follow-up statement
749 
WWUS54 KMOB 222310
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
610 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

ALC013-222319-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-110822T2330Z/
BUTLER AL-
610 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW 
SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3153 8679 3180 8675 3180 8654 3163 8650
      3153 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 000DEG 14KT 3159 8664

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler42 min
Aug 22, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia25 min
Aug 22, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe25 min
Aug 22, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB52 min
Aug 22, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Monroe45 min
Aug 22, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin16 min
Aug 22, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia39 min
Aug 22, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB51 min
Aug 22, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin38 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.