Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2011, 2:24 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 6, 2011, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2011, 2:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Bellview, FL | |
| Jun 6, 2:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 E Bellview, FL | GOLFALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT PUBLIX |
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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 3013 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
366
WUUS54 KMOB 061924
SVRMOB
ALC003-FLC033-062015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0078.110606T1924Z-110606T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
224 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MYRTLE GROVE...BELLVIEW...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 224 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
BELLVIEW...OR 7 MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA REGIONAL...AND MOVING WEST
AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MYRTLE GROVE AROUND 230 PM CDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN FLORIDA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 8.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3033 8750 3034 8748 3033 8752 3053 8760
3058 8733 3044 8725 3035 8741 3036 8744
3034 8742 3036 8744 3033 8747 3032 8746
3031 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 069DEG 4KT 3048 8733
$$1 follow-up statement
380
WWUS54 KMOB 061955
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
255 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011
ALC003-FLC033-062005-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110606T2015Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
255 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3033 8750 3034 8748 3033 8752 3053 8760
3058 8733 3044 8725 3035 8741 3036 8744
3034 8742 3036 8744 3033 8747 3032 8746
3031 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 069DEG 4KT 3047 8737
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 11 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.