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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

February 15, 2016Butler County, Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 1:33 PM CST for Butler County, Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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
Feb 15, 2016, 1:33 PM CST (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2016, 2:15 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 15, 1:50 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Evergreen, ALEMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL AT THE 911 CENTER IN EVERGREEN.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 15, 12:02 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2016-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 485 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
485 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
523 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

496 
WUUS54 KMOB 151933
SVRMOB
ALC013-035-152015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0024.160215T1933Z-160215T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
133 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM CST

* AT 132 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER I65 AND CR 6...
  OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  EVERGREEN...GEORGIANA...CASTLEBERRY...I65 AND CR 29...I65 AND AL 83...
  I65 AND CR 7...I65 AND CR 6...I65 AND US 84 AND I65 AND AL 106.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3127 8699 3128 8720 3173 8698 3175 8691
      3183 8691 3171 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 208DEG 34KT 3133 8708 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
013 
WWUS54 KMOB 151953
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
153 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

ALC013-035-152015-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160215T2015Z/
CONECUH AL-BUTLER AL-
153 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST
FOR EAST CENTRAL CONECUH AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 153 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER I65 AND AL 83...
OR OVER EVERGREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
EVERGREEN...GEORGIANA...I65 AND CR 29...I65 AND AL 83...I65 AND CR 7...I65
AND US 84 AND I65 AND AL 106.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3137 8691 3143 8704 3164 8689 3177 8679
      3171 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 219DEG 29KT 3146 8694 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 5:00 AM CSTRip Current StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile19 hr
Feb 15, 11:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington45 min
Feb 15, 11:30 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more7 hr
Feb 15, 11:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington44 min
Feb 15, 11:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh43 min
Feb 15, 12:06 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington39 min
Feb 15, 12:10 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe23 min
Feb 15, 12:14 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Feb 15, 12:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe36 min
Feb 15, 12:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox43 min
Feb 15, 12:36 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington39 min
Feb 15, 12:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile34 min
Feb 15, 12:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh46 min
Feb 15, 12:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington28 min
Feb 15, 1:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe30 min
Feb 15, 1:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia28 min
Feb 15, 1:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWilcox35 min
Feb 15, 1:13 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington47 min
Feb 15, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington44 min
Feb 15, 1:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia27 min
Feb 15, 1:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox49 min
Feb 15, 1:30 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Feb 15, 1:34 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Feb 15, 1:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Feb 15, 1:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington44 min
Feb 15, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe39 min
Feb 15, 2:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh38 min
Feb 15, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox49 min
Feb 15, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw40 min
Feb 15, 2:41 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB34 min
Feb 15, 2:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin38 min
Feb 15, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw24 min
Feb 15, 3:15 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Feb 15, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe29 min
Feb 15, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox41 min
Feb 15, 3:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia39 min
Feb 15, 3:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia52 min
Feb 15, 3:30 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Feb 15, 3:56 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMOBConecuh, Escambia49 min
Feb 15, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington31 min
Feb 15, 4:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia26 min
Feb 15, 4:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw50 min
Feb 15, 4:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more32 min
Feb 15, 4:31 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia44 min
Feb 15, 4:32 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB88 min
Feb 15, 4:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw36 min
Feb 15, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia12 min
Feb 15, 5:10 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw50 min
Feb 15, 5:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia40 min
Feb 15, 5:26 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Feb 15, 5:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw23 min
Feb 15, 5:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia31 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.