Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2014, 7:19 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 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 8, 2014, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Ne Brewton, AL | PUBLIC REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL 5 NE OF BREWTON, AL. |
| Jun 8, 7:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 N Brewton, AL | PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 2 NORTH OF BREWTON, AL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
115
WUUS54 KMOB 090019
SVRMOB
ALC053-090115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0101.140609T0019Z-140609T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
719 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 718 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BREWTON...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF RIVERVIEW...AND WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIVERVIEW... EAST BREWTON... BREWTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3113 8681 3099 8697 3100 8706 3111 8723
3126 8716 3126 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 136DEG 0KT 3113 8703
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS54 KMOB 090037
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
737 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
ALC053-090115-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140609T0115Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-
737 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY...
AT 735 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BREWTON...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF RIVERVIEW...AND WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIVERVIEW... EAST BREWTON... BREWTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NICKLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BREWTON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3113 8681 3099 8697 3100 8706 3111 8723
3126 8716 3126 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 180DEG 1KT 3114 8702
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Monroe | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh | 113 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.