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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Mobile, AL

May 13, 2011Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2011, 3:16 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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
May 13, 2011, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2011, 3:32 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Covington County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 3:20 PM CDTHAIL 11 E Opp, ALQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR OPP.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-05-13Temperature 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-05-13The 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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.

353 
WUUS54 KMOB 132016
SVRMOB
ALC039-132100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0058.110513T2016Z-110513T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
316 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  OPP...OR NEAR KINSTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRIENDSHIP AROUND 335 PM CDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3116 8619 3119 8627 3145 8620 3145 8619
      3143 8618 3117 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 203DEG 23KT 3126 8619

$$
1 follow-up statement
381 
WWUS54 KMOB 132032
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
332 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011

ALC039-132042-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110513T2100Z/
COVINGTON AL-
332 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3116 8619 3119 8627 3145 8620 3145 8619
      3143 8618 3117 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 203DEG 23KT 3135 8614

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 12:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
May 13, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
May 13, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
May 13, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw51 min
May 13, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
May 13, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
May 13, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB28 min
May 13, 6:22 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementMOB115 min
May 13, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.