Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 12:56 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 5, 2016, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Coffeeville, AL | TREE KNOCKED DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ENTIRE ROAD. |
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 12:00Z, 5.9 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
- 1665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
026
WUUS54 KMOB 051756
SVRMOB
ALC023-025-129-051830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0156.160705T1756Z-160705T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1256 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1256 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF PUTNAM TO NEAR COFFEEVILLE TO NEAR
SILAS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THOMASVILLE AND COFFEEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3192 8767 3172 8779 3164 8807 3172 8840
3177 8821 3191 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 278DEG 19KT 3184 8809 3176 8814 3174 8825
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTTS2 follow-up statements
591
WWUS54 KMOB 051811
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
111 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
ALC023-025-129-051830-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-160705T1830Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
111 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN
CLARKE COUNTIES...
AT 110 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF PUTNAM TO COFFEEVILLE TO 8 MILES
EAST OF SILAS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THOMASVILLE AND COFFEEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
ADDITIONAL UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
&&
LAT...LON 3192 8767 3172 8779 3164 8807 3175 8827
3177 8821 3191 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 278DEG 19KT 3183 8803 3175 8808 3173 8819
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTTS129
WWUS54 KMOB 051826
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
126 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
ALC023-025-129-051835-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-160705T1830Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
126 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 130 PM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
ADDITIONAL UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
LAT...LON 3192 8767 3172 8779 3164 8807 3175 8827
3177 8821 3191 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 278DEG 19KT 3183 8803 3175 8808 3173 8819
$$
BUTTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 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.