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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 12:22 PM CDT for Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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
- May 26, 2011, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 12:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS54 KMOB 261722
SVRMOB
ALC025-131-261800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0062.110526T1722Z-110526T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1222 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THOMASVILLE...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 1218 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 7 MILES
SOUTH OF THOMASVILLE...OR NEAR FULTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE
HILL...YELLOW BLUFF...ANNE MARIE AND CANTON BEND
&&
LAT...LON 3221 8736 3221 8732 3217 8729 3216 8726
3213 8725 3173 8767 3183 8781 3201 8767
3202 8763 3206 8763 3215 8756 3215 8753
3219 8753 3228 8745 3228 8743
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 218DEG 39KT 3185 8767
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS54 KMOB 261732
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1232 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
ALC025-131-261800-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110526T1800Z/
CLARKE AL-WILCOX AL-
1232 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN WILCOX AND NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES...
AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ROUNDHILL...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LAT...LON 3221 8736 3221 8732 3217 8729 3216 8726
3213 8725 3173 8767 3183 8781 3201 8767
3202 8763 3206 8763 3215 8756 3215 8753
3219 8753 3228 8745 3228 8743
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 218DEG 39KT 3194 8759
$$367
WWUS54 KMOB 261749
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1249 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
ALC025-131-261758-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110526T1800Z/
CLARKE AL-WILCOX AL-
1249 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN WILCOX AND
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 1248 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED TO
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED FOR WESTERN WILCOX AND NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3221 8736 3221 8732 3217 8729 3216 8726
3213 8725 3173 8767 3183 8781 3201 8767
3202 8763 3206 8763 3215 8756 3215 8753
3219 8753 3228 8745 3228 8743
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 218DEG 39KT 3208 8746
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 50 min |
| May 26, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 33 min |
| May 26, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 47 min |
| May 26, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| May 26, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 41 min |
| May 26, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 37 min |
| May 26, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 63 min |
| May 26, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 46 min |
| May 26, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 26 min |
| May 26, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| May 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| May 26, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| May 26, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 20 min |
| May 26, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 37 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.