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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Mobile, AL

June 17, 2016Wayne County, Mississippi; 8 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 5:02 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi; 8 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 58 min. 9 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, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ne Butler, AL	LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 10 AND HIGHWAY 17 INTERSECTION.
Jun 17, 5:13 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Thomasville, AL	ADDITIONAL REPORTS RECIEVED OF POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN IN THOMASVILLE.
Jun 17, 5:13 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Thomasville, AL	LARGE TREE DOWN ON GRIFFIN AVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 17, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bladon Springs, AL	TREES DOWN HWY 84 AT BLANDON SPRINGS RD.
Jun 17, 5:18 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	Jackson, AL	PUBLIC REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN JACKSON, AL.
Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Butler, AL	MANY TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT IN THE TOWN OF BUTLER, AL. WIND GUST ESTIMATED 70 MPH WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS.
Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Coffeeville, AL	REPORT OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HODGE RD. IN COFFEEVILLE AND TREES DOWN WEST BEND NORTH OD F COFFEEVILLE.
Jun 17, 5:32 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Grove Hill, AL	NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN GROVE HILL, AL.
Jun 17, 5:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Dickinson, AL	TREES DOWN ON BROOKSVILLE RD. IN DICKENSON, AL.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 17, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 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.

219 
WUUS54 KMOB 172202
SVRMOB
ALC013-023-025-035-041-099-129-131-MSC153-172300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0146.160617T2202Z-160617T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 500 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR DANNELLY FIELD TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  DANNELLY RESERVOIR TO NEAR BUTLER TO NEAR CONEHATTA...MOVING SOUTH
  AT 45 MPH. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE
  AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. 

  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...
  GREENVILLE...MONROEVILLE...JACKSON...WAYNESBORO...THOMASVILLE...LUVERNE...
  CAMDEN...BUTLER...FRISCO CITY...GROVE HILL...CHATOM...PETERMAN...SAINT
  STEPHENS...WAGARVILLE...LEROY...CLARA...GEORGIANA...WHATLEY...PINE HILL
  AND MCKENZIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3146 8679 3138 8800 3160 8894 3182 8894
      3190 8847 3216 8844 3215 8802 3199 8810
      3199 8767 3213 8762 3215 8752 3205 8686
      3196 8686 3196 8641 3205 8640 3205 8630
      3196 8618 3176 8615 3168 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 340DEG 39KT 3231 8643 3205 8709 3202 8824 3239
8934

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

1 follow-up statement

203 
WWUS54 KMOB 172226
SVSMOB

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

ALC013-023-025-035-041-099-129-131-MSC153-172300-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-160617T2300Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-CRENSHAW AL-CHOCTAW AL-WILCOX AL-BUTLER AL-
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-WAYNE MS-
526 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CONECUH...MONROE...CRENSHAW...CHOCTAW...WILCOX...
BUTLER...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...CLARKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 523 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PINTLALA TO NEAR PINE APPLE TO NEAR SILAS TO BAY
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WINDS AROUND 60 MPH
         HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. TREES HAVE
         BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN CHOCTAW AND CLARKE COUNTIES. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...MONROEVILLE...JACKSON...WAYNESBORO...THOMASVILLE...LUVERNE...
CAMDEN...BUTLER...FRISCO CITY...GROVE HILL...CHATOM...PETERMAN...SAINT
STEPHENS...WAGARVILLE...LEROY...CLARA...GEORGIANA...WHATLEY...PINE HILL AND
MCKENZIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3146 8679 3138 8800 3160 8894 3182 8894
      3190 8847 3216 8844 3215 8802 3199 8810
      3199 8767 3213 8762 3215 8752 3205 8686
      3196 8686 3196 8641 3205 8640 3199 8622
      3199 8621 3196 8618 3176 8615 3168 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 346DEG 38KT 3218 8631 3189 8694 3173 8840 3199
8928

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	60 min
Jun 17, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	66 min
Jun 16, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	23 min
Jun 16, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	32 min
Jun 16, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	31 min
Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		43 min
Jun 17, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		92 min
Jun 17, 7:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		60 min
Jun 17, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	56 min
Jun 17, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Clarke, Wilcox	42 min
Jun 17, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		84 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2016 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.