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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Mobile, AL

July 6, 2016Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 1:24 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2016, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1683 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 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
1683 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

520 
WUUS54 KMOB 061824
SVRMOB
ALC035-099-061900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0158.160706T1824Z-160706T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
124 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 123 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED OVER REPTON...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROEVILLE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REPTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3136 8725 3144 8732 3157 8713 3143 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 243DEG 12KT 3143 8723 

$$
3 follow-up statements
592 
WWUS54 KMOB 061830
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
130 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ALC035-099-061900-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-160706T1900Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
130 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL CONECUH AND CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 130 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER REPTON...OR 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REPTON.

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 3136 8725 3144 8732 3157 8713 3143 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 243DEG 12KT 3144 8721 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
901 
WWUS54 KMOB 061845
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
145 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ALC035-099-061900-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-160706T1900Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
145 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL CONECUH AND CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 144 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF REPTON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REPTON.

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 3136 8725 3144 8732 3157 8713 3143 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 243DEG 12KT 3146 8716 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
431 
WWUS54 KMOB 061900
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
200 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ALC035-099-061909-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-160706T1900Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
200 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CONECUH AND CENTRAL
MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3136 8725 3144 8732 3157 8713 3143 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 243DEG 12KT 3146 8716 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 9:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin32 min
Jul 6, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia27 min
Jul 6, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh45 min
Jul 6, 11:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington34 min
Jul 6, 12:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington43 min
Jul 6, 12:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile38 min
Jul 6, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe45 min
Jul 6, 12:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw40 min
Jul 6, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw24 min
Jul 6, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh39 min
Jul 6, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe43 min
Jul 6, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile47 min
Jul 6, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile48 min
Jul 6, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw26 min
Jul 6, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw51 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw33 min
Jul 6, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington46 min
Jul 6, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox41 min
Jul 6, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile43 min
Jul 6, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.