Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2016, 6:09 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
- Aug 1, 2016, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
626 WUUS54 KMOB 012309 SVRMOB ALC035-099-012345- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0178.160801T2309Z-160801T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 609 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 609 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PETERMAN...OR NEAR MONROEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MONROEVILLE AND PETERMAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3168 8736 3167 8715 3141 8714 3144 8745 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 006DEG 15KT 3159 8727 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
1 follow-up statement
384 WWUS54 KMOB 012324 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 624 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016 ALC035-099-012345- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-160801T2345Z/ CONECUH AL-MONROE AL- 624 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CONECUH AND CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES... AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MONROEVILLE... MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MONROEVILLE AND PETERMAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3161 8736 3162 8715 3141 8714 3144 8745 TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 008DEG 18KT 3150 8729 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 48 min |
Nearby
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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.