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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Mobile, AL

June 11, 2012Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2012, 8:43 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 11, 2012, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2695 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
2695 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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.

777 
WUUS54 KMOB 120143
SVRMOB
ALC023-120245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0097.120612T0143Z-120612T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
843 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 837 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINDEN TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PENNINGTON...         LISMAN...             BUTLER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY 
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3229 8792 3228 8794 3228 8795 3230 8795
      3230 8798 3228 8801 3226 8800 3218 8800
      3215 8801 3214 8804 3207 8805 3201 8847
      3231 8842 3231 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 321DEG 13KT 3242 8771 3227 8877

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke65 min
Jun 11, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke3 hr
Jun 11, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox63 min
Jun 11, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington55 min
Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jun 12, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Jun 12, 5:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin19 hr
Jun 12, 5:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin27 hr

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.