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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL

June 8, 2014Escambia County, Alabama

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 7:33 PM CDTHAIL 0.885 Ne Brewton, ALPUBLIC REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL 5 NE OF BREWTON, AL.
Jun 8, 7:33 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 N Brewton, ALPUBLIC 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1385 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
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

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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
222 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia2 hr
Jun 8, 7:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMonroe2 hr
Jun 8, 8:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBConecuh113 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.