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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Mobile, AL

June 23, 2015Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2015, 3:01 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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 23, 2015, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2015, 3:32 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2882 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

859 
WUUS54 KMOB 232001
SVRMOB
ALC097-232045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0064.150623T2001Z-150623T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
301 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 345 PM CDT

* AT 300 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...
  THEODORE...          
  IRVINGTON...
  NORTHEASTERN GRAND BAY...

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 3053 8834 3058 8824 3052 8810 3041 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 324DEG 3KT 3051 8823 
$$
1 follow-up statement
985 
WWUS54 KMOB 232032
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
332 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

ALC097-232042-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-150623T2045Z/
MOBILE AL-
332 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 332 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MOBILE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.

&&

LAT...LON 3053 8834 3058 8824 3052 8810 3041 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 324DEG 3KT 3049 8821 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 10:03 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more8 hr
Jun 23, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin29 min
Jun 23, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin44 min
Jun 23, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile33 min
Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile45 min
Jun 23, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw63 min
Jun 23, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.