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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Mobile, AL

December 23, 2014Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 23, 2014, 8:30 AM CST for Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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
Dec 23, 2014, 8:30 AM CST (14:30 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2014, 8:46 AM CST
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2014-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1212 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 2014-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

609 
WUUS54 KMOB 231430
SVRMOB
ALC025-099-231530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0166.141223T1430Z-141223T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
830 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 828 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 19 MILES EAST
  OF CITRONELLE...OR 5 MILES EAST OF MALCOLM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHATLEY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PLEASE TAKE COVER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

&&

LAT...LON 3165 8735 3128 8770 3130 8771 3127 8783
      3123 8783 3123 8786 3121 8785 3121 8787
      3115 8787 3117 8795 3123 8793 3126 8799
      3127 8795 3132 8796 3131 8793 3134 8790
      3138 8789 3139 8792 3181 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1430Z 210DEG 40KT 3119 8791

$$
1 follow-up statement
013 
WWUS54 KMOB 231446
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
846 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

ALC025-099-231456-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-141223T1530Z/
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-
846 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 841 AM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3165 8735 3128 8770 3130 8771 3127 8783
      3123 8783 3123 8786 3121 8785 3121 8787
      3115 8787 3117 8795 3123 8793 3126 8799
      3127 8795 3132 8796 3131 8793 3134 8790
      3138 8789 3139 8792 3181 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 210DEG 40KT 3134 8781

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 8:14 PM CSTRip Current StatementMOB46 hr
Dec 22, 11:24 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe and 1 more9 hr
Dec 22, 11:29 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB11 hr
Dec 23, 2:11 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Dec 23, 3:08 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Dec 23, 4:10 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB50 hr
Dec 23, 4:52 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB113 min
Dec 23, 6:07 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB113 min
Dec 23, 6:14 AM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOB36 hr
Dec 23, 6:46 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Dec 23, 6:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile66 min
Dec 23, 7:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington59 min
Dec 23, 7:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe40 min
Dec 23, 8:21 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
Dec 23, 8:59 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Dec 23, 9:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox16 min
Dec 23, 10:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia43 min
Dec 23, 4:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw32 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.