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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Mobile, AL

July 3, 2012Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 4:43 PM CDT for Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 3, 2012, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBrantley, ALSEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE BRANTLEY AREA WITH REPORTS OF HOMES DAMAGED. US HWY 331 BLOCKED DUE TO DOWNED TREES. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2012-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1650 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2012-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1650 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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.

263 
WUUS54 KMOB 032143
SVRMOB
ALC039-041-032245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0116.120703T2143Z-120703T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
443 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING         
  QUARTER   SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS DEVELOPING  
  JUST NORTH OF OPP...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.       

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HORN HILL...          DOZIER...             BRANTLEY...
  SANFORD...            OPP...                ONYCHA...
  LIBERTYVILLE...       HEATH...              BABBIE...

LAT...LON 3153 8616 3152 8619 3109 8618 3110 8648
      3141 8647 3156 8643 3162 8615 3159 8613
      3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 336DEG 2KT 3138 8615

$$
1 follow-up statement
336 
WWUS54 KMOB 032243
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
543 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012

ALC039-041-032253-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-120703T2245Z/
COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-
543 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
SOUTHERN CRENSHAW AND EASTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 540 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN 
CRENSHAW AND EASTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3153 8616 3152 8619 3109 8618 3110 8648
      3141 8647 3156 8643 3162 8615 3159 8613
      3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 336DEG 2KT 3135 8613

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke32 min
Jul 3, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia, Monroe32 min
Jul 3, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile25 min
Jul 3, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia61 min
Jul 3, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington31 min
Jul 3, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile36 min
Jul 3, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Jul 3, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin23 min
Jul 3, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw49 min
Jul 3, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw29 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.