Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 8:53 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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 15, 2016, 8:53 AM CDT (13:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
974 WUUS54 KMOB 151353 SVRMOB ALC097-151445- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0140.160615T1353Z-160615T1445Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 853 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA... * UNTIL 945 AM CDT * AT 853 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALABAMA PORT... OR NEAR BAYOU LA BATRE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALABAMA PORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3032 8824 3044 8821 3043 8802 3029 8805 TIME...MOT...LOC 1353Z 272DEG 6KT 3038 8817 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
2 follow-up statements
449
WWUS54 KMOB 151409
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
909 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
ALC097-151445-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-160615T1445Z/
MOBILE AL-
909 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 908 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALABAMA PORT...
OR 7 MILES EAST OF BAYOU LA BATRE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALABAMA PORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ISSUED AS
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
&&
LAT...LON 3031 8818 3044 8814 3043 8807 3043 8802
3029 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1408Z 271DEG 6KT 3038 8812
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTTS527
WWUS54 KMOB 151424
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
924 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
ALC097-151445-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-160615T1445Z/
MOBILE AL-
924 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 923 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALABAMA PORT...
OR 7 MILES EAST OF BAYOU LA BATRE...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...
ALABAMA PORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS THUNDERSTORM AS
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
&&
LAT...LON 3031 8818 3041 8815 3043 8810 3043 8802
3029 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 299DEG 3KT 3038 8812
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 78 min |
| Jun 15, 8:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jun 15, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 9:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 9:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Jun 15, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Jun 15, 10:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:32 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 28 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.