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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Mobile, AL

August 22, 2011Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2011, 6:55 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2011, 7:33 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2011-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2680 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 2011-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
2680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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.

631 
WUUS54 KMOB 222355
SVRMOB
ALC003-FLC033-230045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0203.110822T2355Z-110823T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 653 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 4 MILES WEST OF CENTURY...OR 11
  MILES WEST OF BROWNSDALE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOLINO...             CENTURY...

&&

LAT...LON 3070 8756 3098 8750 3094 8730 3089 8729
      3085 8731 3081 8729 3079 8731 3073 8731
      3072 8727 3069 8727
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 010DEG 10KT 3087 8742

$$
1 follow-up statement
059 
WWUS54 KMOB 230033
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-FLC033-230042-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0203.000000T0000Z-110823T0045Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-BALDWIN AL-
733 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN AND
NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS..T.HOUGH WINDS GUSTING TO 
35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH CAN DOWN SMALL LIMBS.

LAT...LON 3070 8756 3098 8750 3094 8730 3089 8729
      3085 8731 3081 8729 3079 8731 3073 8731
      3072 8727 3069 8727
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 010DEG 10KT 3077 8744

$$

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, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler31 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

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.