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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Mobile, AL

April 29, 2014Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2014, 1:18 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 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
Apr 29, 2014, 1:18 AM CDT (06:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2014, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 2:05 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 58Mobile Regional Airport, AL58 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT. DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL OBSERVED AT THE NWS OFFICE.
Apr 29, 2:20 AM CDTHAIL 16 S Mobile Regional Air, ALQUARTER SIZE HAIL OBSERVERD BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE

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
Apr 28, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2782 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2014-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2782 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
16.2

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The text

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

836 
WUUS54 KMOB 290618
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-MSC039-290715-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0053.140429T0618Z-140429T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
118 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 114 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF CREOLA TO 13 MILES NORTH OF
  ST. MARTIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MIDTOWN MOBILE...     DOWNTOWN MOBILE...    MOVICO...
  TILLMANS CORNER...    SEMMES...             SATSUMA...
  SARALAND...           PRICHARD...           MOUNT VERNON...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN ALABAMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND
51. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 47.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH MAY
PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ALONG LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TUESDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3056 8841 3073 8842 3073 8865 3113 8795
      3113 8762 3100 8762 3095 8759 3087 8763
      3078 8754 3074 8753 3056 8772 3056 8791
      3065 8793 3067 8801 3056 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 270DEG 28KT 3108 8793 3061 8876

$$

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw45 min
Apr 28, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw63 min
Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington45 min
Apr 28, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington50 min
Apr 28, 10:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington4 hr
Apr 28, 11:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington48 min
Apr 28, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington61 min
Apr 28, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington36 min
Apr 28, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington66 min
Apr 29, 12:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBClarke, Washington4 hr
Apr 29, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox67 min
Apr 29, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more60 min
Apr 29, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox54 min
Apr 29, 1:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw40 min
Apr 29, 1:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB41 min
Apr 29, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia60 min
Apr 29, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile4 hr
Apr 29, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw46 min
Apr 29, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile60 min
Apr 29, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Apr 29, 2:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile4 hr
Apr 29, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw, Escambia62 min
Apr 29, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin90 min
Apr 29, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Apr 29, 4:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile4 hr
Apr 29, 4:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia4 days
Apr 29, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB118 min
Apr 29, 4:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB67 min
Apr 29, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Apr 29, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Apr 29, 10:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Apr 29, 11:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Apr 29, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Apr 29, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Apr 29, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Apr 29, 1:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Apr 29, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Apr 29, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington34 min
Apr 29, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile34 min
Apr 29, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington40 min
Apr 29, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB20 min
Apr 29, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin48 min
Apr 29, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Apr 29, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB25 min
Apr 29, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin2 hr
Apr 29, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Apr 29, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin60 min
Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington49 min
Apr 29, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
Apr 29, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin64 min
Apr 29, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington51 min
Apr 29, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Apr 29, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB27 min
Apr 29, 6:19 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile12 hr
Apr 29, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
Apr 28, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne38 min
Apr 29, 9:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry5 days
Apr 29, 9:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Jackson7 days
Apr 29, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.