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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 2016, 3:03 PM CDT for Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 12 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
- Sep 24, 2016, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
896
WUUS54 KMOB 242003
SVRMOB
ALC099-131-242030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0190.160924T2003Z-160924T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
303 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 302 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
VREDENBURGH... OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VREDENBURGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND 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 3175 8720 3162 8741 3181 8751 3182 8750
3183 8750 3183 8752 3187 8754 3192 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 065DEG 5KT 3181 8733
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
05/RR1 follow-up statement
225
WWUS54 KMOB 242015
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
315 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016
ALC099-131-242025-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-160924T2030Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-
315 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3175 8720 3162 8741 3181 8751 3182 8750
3183 8750 3183 8752 3187 8754 3192 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 065DEG 5KT 3180 8735
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 51 min |
| Sep 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Sep 24, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 63 min |
| Sep 24, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 31 min |
| Sep 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Sep 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 30 min |
| Sep 24, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Sep 24, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 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.