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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2016, 7:53 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
- May 18, 2016, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 790 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
576
WUUS54 KMOB 190053
SVRMOB
ALC039-190130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0124.160519T0053Z-160519T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
753 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 752 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ANDALUSIA...
MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...RIVER FALLS...HEATH AND GANTT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3117 8653 3135 8662 3149 8631 3125 8619
3124 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 248DEG 15KT 3129 8649
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
838
WWUS54 KMOB 190123
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
823 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2016
ALC039-190133-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-160519T0130Z/
COVINGTON AL-
823 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3117 8653 3135 8662 3149 8631 3125 8619
3124 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 248DEG 15KT 3129 8649
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 28 min |
| May 18, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| May 18, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 28 min |
| May 18, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| May 19, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 46 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.