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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Mobile, AL

July 30, 2012Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2012, 4:14 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 30, 2012, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2012-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3604 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 2012-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -84 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3604 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

165 
WUUS54 KMOB 302114
SVRMOB
ALC097-302215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0154.120730T2114Z-120730T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
414 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 409 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
  WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER WEST MOBILE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEST MOBILE...        MIDTOWN MOBILE...     DOWNTOWN MOBILE...
  CODEN...              TILLMANS CORNER...    THEODORE...
  I10 AND I65...        GRAND BAY...          BELLE FONTAINE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 28. THIS
INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.

LAT...LON 3044 8840 3048 8841 3072 8820 3071 8800
      3066 8801 3063 8805 3059 8805 3057 8808
      3053 8807 3051 8809 3039 8810 3034 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 028DEG 17KT 3060 8814

$$
1 follow-up statement
771 
WWUS54 KMOB 302213
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
513 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

ALC097-302223-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-120730T2215Z/
MOBILE AL-
513 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY...

AT 508 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN 
MOBILE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3044 8840 3048 8841 3072 8820 3071 8800
      3066 8801 3063 8805 3059 8805 3057 8808
      3053 8807 3051 8809 3039 8810 3034 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 023DEG 20KT 3041 8830

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 10:28 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMOB5 hr
Jul 30, 12:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB68 min
Jul 30, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Jul 30, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB88 min
Jul 30, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington17 min
Jul 30, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Jul 30, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Jul 30, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin56 min
Jul 30, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Jul 30, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin56 min
Jul 30, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jul 30, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin67 min
Jul 30, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Jul 30, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Jul 30, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington64 min
Jul 30, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia54 min
Jul 30, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington47 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.