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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Mobile, AL

June 15, 2016Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 9:47 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 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, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

646 
WUUS54 KMOB 151447
SVRMOB
ALC097-151545-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0141.160615T1447Z-160615T1545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
947 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 1045 AM CDT

* AT 947 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALABAMA PORT...
  OR NEAR 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 AND FORT GAINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3025 8808 3024 8808 3026 8809 3032 8825
      3044 8820 3045 8813 3041 8794 3023 8802
      3022 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1447Z 288DEG 2KT 3038 8814 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BUTTS

3 follow-up statements

548 
WWUS54 KMOB 151509
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1009 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

ALC097-151545-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-160615T1545Z/
MOBILE AL-
1009 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...

AT 1007 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALABAMA
PORT... OR 7 MILES EAST OF BAYOU LA BATRE...AND MOVING EAST AROUND
10 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...
ALABAMA PORT AND FORT GAINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

LAT...LON 3025 8808 3024 8808 3026 8809 3029 8817
      3036 8817 3041 8819 3044 8818 3045 8813
      3041 8794 3023 8802 3022 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1507Z 288DEG 2KT 3038 8813 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BUTTS

616 
WWUS54 KMOB 151527
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1027 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

ALC097-151545-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-160615T1545Z/
MOBILE AL-
1027 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...

AT 1026 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALABAMA
PORT... OR 9 MILES EAST OF BAYOU LA BATRE...AND IS DRIFTING
EAST AT 5 TO 10 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 AND FORT GAINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS THUNDERSTORM AS
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

LAT...LON 3025 8808 3024 8808 3026 8809 3031 8817
      3035 8816 3039 8813 3041 8813 3043 8811
      3040 8795 3023 8802 3022 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 265DEG 3KT 3039 8809 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BUTTS

506 
WWUS54 KMOB 151540
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1040 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

ALC097-151549-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-160615T1545Z/
MOBILE AL-
1040 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 AM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

LAT...LON 3025 8808 3024 8808 3026 8809 3031 8817
      3035 8816 3039 8813 3041 8813 3043 8811
      3040 8795 3023 8802 3022 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 288DEG 2KT 3039 8809 

$$

BUTTS

The 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, 8:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	52 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, 9:49 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.