Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2015, 2:27 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 23, 2015, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nne Grand Bay, AL | BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT MOBILE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY. |
| Jun 23, 2:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sw Theodore, AL | BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT MOBILE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY. |
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2882 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
029
WUUS54 KMOB 231927
SVRMOB
ALC097-232000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0063.150623T1927Z-150623T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
227 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 226 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR
THEODORE...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE... THEODORE... GRAND BAY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3058 8840 3058 8814 3044 8811 3042 8810
3041 8811 3041 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 326DEG 4KT 3052 8824
$$1 follow-up statement
884
WWUS54 KMOB 231951
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
251 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015
ALC097-232000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-150623T2000Z/
MOBILE AL-
251 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 250 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR THEODORE.
THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 5 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3058 8840 3058 8814 3044 8811 3042 8810
3041 8811 3041 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 314DEG 2KT 3051 8823
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 10:03 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 33 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.