Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2014, 7:35 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 29, 2014, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
961 WUUS54 KMOB 300035 SVRMOB ALC035-053-099-300100- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0071.140430T0035Z-140430T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 735 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON... SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLMAN PRISON...OR 22 MILES WEST OF BREWTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I65 AND AL 113...BARNETT CROSSROADS...OSAKA...FOSHEE...WALLACE... RANGE...I65 AND AL 41...LENOX...KEEGO...APPLETON...I65 AND CR 6... EAST BREWTON...KIRKLAND...ROCK HILL...ROBERTS...NYMPH... JOHNSONVILLE...CASTLEBERRY AND BOYKIN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3139 8686 3103 8683 3108 8752 3130 8750 TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 260DEG 45KT 3117 8738 $$
1 follow-up statement
893 WWUS54 KMOB 300058 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 758 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ALC035-053-099-300108- /O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140430T0100Z/ CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-MONROE AL- 758 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE...ESCAMBIA AND CONECUH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3139 8686 3103 8683 3108 8752 3130 8750 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 260DEG 45KT 3122 8705 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 115 min |
| Apr 29, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Apr 29, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Apr 29, 8:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia | 57 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 40 min | |
| Apr 29, 9:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 18 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 10:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Apr 29, 11:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia | 49 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 69 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Apr 30, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Apr 30, 1:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 26 min | |
| Apr 30, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 2:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Apr 30, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 30, 6:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 30, 7:06 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | MOB | 8 hr | |
| Apr 30, 9:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 10:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 71 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 24 hr |
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.