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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 10, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2015, 5:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290 WUUS54 KMOB 102215 SVRMOB ALC023-102300- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0049.150610T2215Z-150610T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 515 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER SNELL... OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUTLER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUTLER... LISMAN... NEEDHAM... WEST BUTLER... ROCK SPRINGS... LAND... RED SPRINGS... PUSHMATAHA... MOLLIE... RIDERWOOD... HALSELL... YANTLEY... 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. && LAT...LON 3231 8818 3198 8820 3195 8847 3231 8842 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 307DEG 13KT 3221 8846 $$
1 follow-up statement
101 WWUS54 KMOB 102243 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 543 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 ALC023-102252- /O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150610T2300Z/ CHOCTAW AL- 543 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 542 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALTHOUGH STORMS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED IN NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY. WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER AND MINOR FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3231 8818 3198 8820 3195 8847 3231 8842 TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 307DEG 13KT 3215 8837 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.