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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2016, 4:50 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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 13, 2016, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 78 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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
214 WUUS54 KMOB 132150 SVRMOB ALC039-132230- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0139.160613T2150Z-160613T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 450 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 449 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER OPP. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OPP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3103 8633 3144 8635 3144 8619 3104 8619 TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 171DEG 4KT 3127 8622 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 48 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.