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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 20, 2014, 8:27 PM CST for Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 8:27 PM CST (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
964
WUUS54 KMOB 210227
SVRMOB
ALC025-131-210330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0002.140221T0227Z-140221T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
827 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CST
* AT 824 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GROVE HILL...OR 9 MILES WEST OF FULTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOYKIN... YELLOW BLUFF... PINE HILL...
CATHERINE... CAMDEN... THOMASVILLE...
FULTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3224 8739 3221 8737 3220 8733 3214 8725
3210 8722 3208 8719 3204 8717 3167 8789
3182 8801 3199 8783 3201 8763 3213 8763
3214 8753 3226 8753 3228 8750 3228 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 235DEG 31KT 3181 8785
$$
JP2 follow-up statements
993
WWUS54 KMOB 210247
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
847 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
ALC025-131-210330-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0330Z/
WILCOX AL-CLARKE AL-
847 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE AND WESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES...
AT 844 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ROUNDHILL...OR NEAR THOMASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FINLEY
CROSSING...ATKEISON...HESTLE...CULPEPER...SUNNY SOUTH...PINE HILL...
SHEPPARD...COY...MACMILLAN...ARLINGTON...KIMBROUGH...ANNE MANIE...
YELLOW BLUFF...COAL BLUFF...LAMISON...FLATWOOD...ROCKWEST...BETHEL...
BOILING SPRINGS...MIDWAY...CATHERINE...PRAIRIE...CAMDEN...PRAIRIE
BLUFF...MILLERS FERRY...GASTONBURG...BOYKIN...REHOBOTH AND ALBERTA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3224 8739 3221 8737 3220 8733 3214 8725
3210 8722 3208 8719 3204 8717 3174 8776
3190 8791 3199 8783 3201 8763 3213 8763
3214 8753 3226 8753 3228 8750 3228 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 235DEG 31KT 3191 8768
$$588
WWUS54 KMOB 210256
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
856 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
ALC025-131-210306-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0330Z/
WILCOX AL-CLARKE AL-
856 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE AND
WESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3224 8739 3221 8737 3220 8733 3214 8725
3210 8722 3208 8719 3204 8717 3174 8776
3190 8791 3199 8783 3201 8763 3213 8763
3214 8753 3226 8753 3228 8750 3228 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 235DEG 31KT 3195 8760
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 7:51 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 7 hr | |
| Feb 20, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 10:31 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 78 min |
| Feb 21, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 80 min |
| Feb 21, 12:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 116 min |
| Feb 21, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 1:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe | 117 min |
| Feb 21, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 53 min |
| Feb 21, 1:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Feb 21, 2:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 2:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 119 min |
| Feb 21, 3:04 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:37 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 113 min |
| Feb 21, 3:54 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:54 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Feb 21, 4:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Feb 21, 4:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Feb 21, 5:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Feb 21, 10:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 days |
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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.