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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Mobile, AL

June 26, 2016Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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 26, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 7:17 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Pollard, ALFLOMATON PD REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR POLLARD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 393 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

078 
WUUS54 KMOB 270013
SVRMOB
ALC053-FLC033-113-270100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0154.160627T0013Z-160627T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
713 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 712 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER POLLARD...OR NEAR FLOMATON...
  AND MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTURY...FLOMATON...JAY AND POLLARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3111 8711 3088 8705 3075 8735 3109 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 075DEG 12KT 3101 8717 

$$

05/RR
1 follow-up statement
951 
WWUS54 KMOB 270038
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
738 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

ALC053-FLC033-113-270100-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-160627T0100Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
738 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN
SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...

AT 737 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FLOMATON...
MOVING WEST AT 15 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...
CENTURY...FLOMATON...JAY AND POLLARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3111 8717 3086 8709 3075 8735 3109 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 075DEG 12KT 3099 8727 

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

05/RR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Jun 26, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa42 min
Jun 27, 11:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia51 min
Jun 27, 12:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Jun 27, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia61 min
Jun 27, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa43 min
Jun 26, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe45 min
Jun 26, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Jun 26, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia43 min
Jun 26, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia48 min
Jun 26, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin50 min
Jun 26, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile42 min
Jun 27, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington23 min
Jun 27, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
Jun 27, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin29 min
Jun 27, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile51 min
Jun 27, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe43 min
Jun 27, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe29 min
Jun 27, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Monroe63 min
Jun 27, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington66 min
Jun 27, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Wilcox58 min
Jun 27, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Wilcox59 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.