Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2014, 7:42 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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
- May 25, 2014, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 W Fulton, AL | HAIL...STARTED AS DIME TO NICKEL SIZE AND INCREASE TO QUARTER SIZE. |
| May 25, 7:59 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Thomasville, AL | TREES DOWN SOUTH OF THOMASVILLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
327
WUUS54 KMOB 260042
SVRMOB
ALC025-260145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0083.140526T0042Z-140526T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
742 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 740 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH
OF GROVE HILL...OR 2 MILES WEST OF FULTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THOMASVILLE... FULTON...
LAT...LON 3188 8767 3188 8763 3187 8762 3185 8762
3172 8764 3172 8787 3199 8788 3200 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 187DEG 7KT 3179 8776
$$1 follow-up statement
758
WWUS54 KMOB 260101
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
801 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014
ALC025-260145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-140526T0145Z/
CLARKE AL-
801 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY...
AT 754 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
THOMASVILLE...OR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FULTON...MOVING NORTH AT 10
MPH.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED NEAR FULTON AROUND 750 PM
CDT.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THOMASVILLE... FULTON...
LAT...LON 3188 8767 3188 8763 3187 8762 3185 8762
3172 8764 3172 8787 3199 8788 3200 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 187DEG 7KT 3182 8775
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 56 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.