Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2015, 1:49 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 19, 2015, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Gulf Shores, AL | THE JACK EDWARDS AIRPORT JKA AWOS MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 61 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
287
WUUS54 KMOB 191849
SVRMOB
ALC003-191930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0101.150719T1849Z-150719T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
149 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 148 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR GULF SHORES...AND MOVING SOUTH
AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOLEY... ORANGE BEACH... ELBERTA...
BON SECOUR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OFTEN PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PLEASE TAKE COVER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3025 8776 3030 8773 3030 8775 3044 8772
3043 8757 3031 8757 3031 8758 3034 8758
3033 8759 3036 8761 3034 8761 3032 8759
3030 8762 3030 8757 3027 8756 3025 8770
3026 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 017DEG 10KT 3029 8765
$$1 follow-up statement
186
WWUS54 KMOB 191925
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
225 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
ALC003-191934-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150719T1930Z/
BALDWIN AL-
225 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
AT 224 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 PM
CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3025 8776 3030 8773 3030 8775 3044 8772
3043 8757 3031 8757 3031 8758 3034 8758
3033 8759 3036 8761 3034 8761 3032 8759
3030 8762 3030 8757 3027 8756 3025 8770
3026 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 017DEG 10KT 3029 8765
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Jul 19, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Jul 19, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Jul 19, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 57 min |
| Jul 19, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Jul 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Jul 19, 5:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Jul 19, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 min | |
| Jul 19, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Jul 19, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 66 min |
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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.