Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi; 10 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 60 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, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 N Citronelle, AL | WASHINGTON EMA REPORTS ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND ALONG HWY 43 AT THE MOBILE/WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE. |
| Jun 17, 6:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Leakesville, MS | TREE DOWN ON HOUSE AND VEHICLE ON HERNDON RD. 5 MILES WEST OF LEAKESVILLE. |
| Jun 17, 6:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Citronelle, AL | TREE DOWN IN ROADWAY ON PRINE RD AT ROUSSERT RD |
| Jun 17, 6:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brewton, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON EAST JACKSON STREET IN BREWTON, AL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 17, 6:46 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Andalusia, AL | A 48 KNOT GUST WAS REPORTED BY K79J ASOS SITE IN ANDALUSIA. |
| Jun 17, 6:46 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Andalusia, AL | A 50 KNOT GUST WAS REPORTED BY K79J ASOS SITE IN ANDALUSIA. |
| Jun 17, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Andalusia, AL | TREES DOWN ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. A TREE ALSO FELL ON A HOUSE. |
| Jun 17, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Andalusia, AL | TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE WITH A REPORT OF A TREE ON A HOUSE. |
| Jun 17, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Andalusia, AL | TRESS DOWN COUNTYWIDE WITH A REPORT OF A TREE ON A HOUSE. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
595
WUUS54 KMOB 172300
SVRMOB
ALC003-013-025-035-039-041-053-097-099-129-MSC041-111-153-180000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0147.160617T2300Z-160618T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
600 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 559 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BAY SPRINGS TO NEAR BUCKATUNNA TO NEAR I65 AND US 84
TO NEAR LAPINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDALUSIA...ATMORE...GREENVILLE...MONROEVILLE...OPP...BREWTON...JACKSON...
WAYNESBORO...CITRONELLE...EVERGREEN...LUVERNE...FLORALA...FRISCO CITY...
CHATOM...RICHTON...LEAKESVILLE...MCCULLOUGH...PETERMAN...SAINT STEPHENS
AND WAGARVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8620 3099 8619 3107 8914 3143 8915
3143 8894 3182 8894 3183 8880 3170 8846
3169 8716 3197 8630 3196 8619 3157 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 322DEG 43KT 3200 8927 3150 8861 3143 8707 3192
8623
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
501
WWUS54 KMOB 172311
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
611 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
ALC003-013-025-035-039-041-053-097-099-129-MSC041-111-153-180000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-160618T0000Z/
CONECUH AL-BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-MONROE AL-CRENSHAW AL-COVINGTON AL-
BUTLER AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-ESCAMBIA AL-GREENE MS-WAYNE MS-
PERRY MS-
611 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR CONECUH...NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...NORTHERN MOBILE...MONROE...
CRENSHAW...COVINGTON...BUTLER...WASHINGTON...CENTRAL CLARKE...
ESCAMBIA...GREENE...WAYNE AND PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 610 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOSS TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATE LINE TO NEAR
CASTLEBERRY TO NEAR GOSHEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDALUSIA...ATMORE...GREENVILLE...MONROEVILLE...OPP...BREWTON...JACKSON...
WAYNESBORO...CITRONELLE...EVERGREEN...LUVERNE...FLORALA...FRISCO CITY...
CHATOM...RICHTON...LEAKESVILLE...MCCULLOUGH...PETERMAN...SAINT STEPHENS
AND WAGARVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS MAY OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8620 3099 8619 3107 8914 3143 8915
3143 8894 3182 8894 3183 8880 3170 8846
3169 8716 3197 8630 3196 8619 3157 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 323DEG 45KT 3185 8919 3135 8853 3128 8699 3177
8615
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 58 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, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2016Every 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.