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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Mobile, AL

June 17, 2016Butler County, Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 4:33 PM CDT for Butler County, Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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
Jun 17, 2016, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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
Jun 17, 5:13 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGThomasville, ALADDITIONAL REPORTS RECIEVED OF POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN IN THOMASVILLE.
Jun 17, 5:13 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGThomasville, ALLARGE TREE DOWN ON GRIFFIN AVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2424 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2424 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

643 
WUUS54 KMOB 172133
SVRMOB
ALC013-025-131-172215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0145.160617T2133Z-160617T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
433 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 433 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM HIGGINS FERRY PARK TO NEAR MULBERRY TO NEAR BOGUE
  CHITTO TO 9 MILES NORTH OF PENNINGTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 50 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...
  THOMASVILLE...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...YELLOW BLUFF...PINE APPLE...SHAWNEE
  AND DANNELLY RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3220 8736 3220 8733 3205 8718 3205 8686
      3196 8686 3196 8645 3193 8645 3184 8690
      3181 8816 3190 8813 3193 8805 3195 8812
      3196 8807 3199 8807 3200 8763 3213 8762
      3213 8752 3227 8751 3227 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 344DEG 45KT 3285 8645 3247 8681 3233 8733 3233
8811

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
785 
WWUS54 KMOB 172151 RRA
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
451 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

ALC013-025-131-172215-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-160617T2215Z/
WILCOX AL-BUTLER AL-CLARKE AL-
451 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR WILCOX...NORTHERN BUTLER AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES...

AT 451 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM DEATSVILLE TO NEAR WHITE HALL TO NEAR DANNELLY
RESERVOIR TO NEAR NANAFALIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 50 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...
THOMASVILLE...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...YELLOW BLUFF...PINE APPLE...SHAWNEE AND
DANNELLY RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3220 8736 3220 8733 3205 8718 3205 8686
      3196 8686 3196 8645 3193 8645 3184 8690
      3181 8816 3190 8813 3193 8805 3195 8812
      3196 8807 3199 8807 3200 8763 3213 8762
      3213 8752 3227 8751 3227 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 344DEG 45KT 3263 8638 3225 8674 3211 8726 3211
8803

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia23 min
Jun 16, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia32 min
Jun 16, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke31 min
Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB43 min
Jun 17, 5:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Jun 17, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Jun 17, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw56 min
Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe and 2 more58 min
Jun 17, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more60 min
Jun 17, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile66 min
Jun 17, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 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.