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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2016Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2016, 4:52 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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
Mar 26, 2016, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 5:28 PM CDTHAIL 15 N Bellview, FL1 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY USAF EMPLOYEE NEAR PINE FOREST RD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Mar 26, 5:33 PM CDTHAIL 15 Nnw Brent, FL1 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR DELUNA LANES ON HUMMINGBIRD BLVD. TIME FROM RADAR
Mar 26, 5:49 PM CDTHAIL 14 Nnw Gonzalez, FLSPOTTER REPORTS 1 INCH HAIL NORTHEAST OF PACE, FL. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2016-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2016-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

494 
WUUS54 KMOB 262152
SVRMOB
ALC003-FLC033-262245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0103.160326T2152Z-160326T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
452 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ORANGE BEACH...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PENSACOLA...ORANGE BEACH...GONZALEZ...FERRY PASS...PENSACOLA
  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MYRTLE GROVE...GOULDING...ENSLEY...BRENT...
  BELLVIEW...WEST PENSACOLA...JOHNSONS BEACH AND LILLIAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3066 8734 3051 8716 3043 8717 3037 8732
      3037 8726 3032 8728 3028 8755 3029 8752
      3030 8746 3031 8744 3031 8750 3045 8736
      3046 8737 3047 8742 3045 8739 3044 8739
      3030 8757 3030 8752 3025 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 219DEG 28KT 3023 8755 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
3 follow-up statements
298 
WWUS54 KMOB 262159
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
459 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

ALC003-FLC033-262245-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-160326T2245Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
459 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 459 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERDIDO BEACH...
OR NEAR ORANGE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...ORANGE BEACH...GONZALEZ...FERRY PASS...PENSACOLA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MYRTLE GROVE...GOULDING...ENSLEY...BRENT...
BELLVIEW...WEST PENSACOLA...JOHNSONS BEACH AND LILLIAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3066 8734 3051 8716 3043 8717 3037 8732
      3037 8726 3032 8728 3028 8755 3029 8752
      3030 8746 3031 8744 3031 8750 3045 8736
      3046 8737 3047 8742 3045 8739 3044 8739
      3030 8757 3030 8752 3025 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 216DEG 33KT 3030 8750 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
889 
WWUS54 KMOB 262216
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
516 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

ALC003-FLC033-262245-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-160326T2245Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
516 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LILLIAN...OR
NEAR MYRTLE GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...GONZALEZ...FERRY PASS...PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
MYRTLE GROVE...GOULDING...ENSLEY...BRENT...BELLVIEW...WEST PENSACOLA AND
LILLIAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3066 8734 3051 8716 3043 8717 3037 8732
      3034 8736 3033 8740 3036 8745 3045 8736
      3046 8737 3047 8742 3045 8739 3044 8739
      3040 8744 3047 8747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 219DEG 28KT 3040 8741 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
058 
WWUS54 KMOB 262226
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
526 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

ALC003-262236-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-160326T2245Z/
BALDWIN AL-
526 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3066 8734 3051 8716 3043 8717 3039 8729
      3040 8733 3043 8736 3045 8736 3046 8737
      3048 8738 3053 8738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 224DEG 33KT 3047 8731 

$$

FLC033-262245-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-160326T2245Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
526 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY...

AT 526 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BELLVIEW...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...GONZALEZ...FERRY PASS...PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
MYRTLE GROVE...GOULDING...ENSLEY...BRENT...BELLVIEW AND WEST PENSACOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3066 8734 3051 8716 3043 8717 3039 8729
      3040 8733 3043 8736 3045 8736 3046 8737
      3048 8738 3053 8738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 224DEG 33KT 3047 8731 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 8:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa5 days
Mar 26, 7:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa28 min
Mar 26, 7:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa5 hr
Mar 26, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia57 min
Mar 26, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa40 min
Mar 26, 5:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 26, 7:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia29 min
Mar 26, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 26, 8:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Escambia49 min
Mar 26, 9:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB25 min
Mar 26, 10:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB96 min
Mar 26, 12:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Mar 26, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB82 min
Mar 26, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB77 min
Mar 26, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 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.