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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 18, 2011Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 2011, 7:40 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2011, 7:40 PM CST (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 2011, 8:15 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 18, 8:05 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGGulf Shores, ALSIDING WAS BLOWN OFF OF A CONDO ON THE BEACH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 2011-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -351 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-211 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.

460 
WUUS54 KMOB 190140
SVRMOB
ALC003-190215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0002.110119T0140Z-110119T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
740 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ORANGE BEACH...GULF SHORES...POINT
  CLEAR...

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 735 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POINT CLEAR...OR NEAR
  HOUSTONVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BON SECOUR AROUND 755 PM CST...
  GULF SHORES AROUND 800 PM CST...
  ORANGE BEACH AROUND 810 PM CST...

&&

LAT...LON 3026 8784 3027 8778 3029 8776 3034 8783
      3038 8785 3042 8792 3047 8793 3048 8795
      3051 8792 3033 8757 3029 8753 3027 8756
      3022 8779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 308DEG 34KT 3041 8787

$$
1 follow-up statement
703 
WWUS54 KMOB 190208
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
808 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011

ALC003-190218-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110119T0215Z/
BALDWIN AL-
808 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CST...

LAT...LON 3026 8784 3027 8778 3029 8776 3034 8783
      3038 8785 3042 8792 3047 8793 3048 8795
      3051 8792 3033 8757 3029 8753 3027 8756
      3022 8779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 308DEG 34KT 3025 8763

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 7:16 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB44 min
Jan 18, 7:38 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB32 min
Jan 18, 7:48 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Jan 18, 8:06 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB39 min
Jan 18, 8:27 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB48 min
Jan 18, 8:28 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Jan 18, 8:36 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB39 min
Jan 18, 9:07 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB38 min
Jan 18, 9:37 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.