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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL

February 15, 2016Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 2:26 PM CST for Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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: Feb 15, 2016, 2:26 PM CST (20:26 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2016, 3:15 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 15, 12:02 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

520 
WUUS54 KMOB 152026
SVRMOB
ALC025-099-131-152115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0027.160215T2026Z-160215T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 225 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
  WHATLEY...OR 11 MILES EAST OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  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...
  CAMDEN...VREDENBURGH...BEATRICE...PINE APPLE AND OAK HILL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3208 8719 3207 8719 3206 8718 3205 8718
      3205 8686 3196 8686 3196 8691 3184 8691
      3156 8760 3171 8772 3207 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 234DEG 38KT 3169 8758 

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

BUTTS

2 follow-up statements

367 
WWUS54 KMOB 152044
SVSMOB

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

ALC025-152053-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160215T2115Z/
CLARKE AL-
244 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3205 8718 3205 8686 3196 8686 3196 8691
      3184 8691 3164 8741 3180 8752 3183 8750
      3183 8754 3208 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 234DEG 38KT 3180 8740 

$$

ALC099-131-152115-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160215T2115Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-
244 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTIES...

AT 243 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VREDENBURGH...OR
14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
CAMDEN...VREDENBURGH...BEATRICE...PINE APPLE AND OAK HILL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3205 8718 3205 8686 3196 8686 3196 8691
      3184 8691 3164 8741 3180 8752 3183 8750
      3183 8754 3208 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 234DEG 38KT 3180 8740 

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

BUTTS

882 
WWUS54 KMOB 152104
SVSMOB

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

ALC099-152114-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160215T2115Z/
MONROE AL-
304 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3205 8718 3205 8686 3196 8686 3196 8691
      3184 8691 3184 8724 3195 8736 3208 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 234DEG 38KT 3193 8719 

$$

ALC131-152115-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160215T2115Z/
WILCOX AL-
304 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY...

AT 304 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK HILL...OR 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
CAMDEN...PINE APPLE AND OAK HILL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

&&

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

LAT...LON 3205 8718 3205 8686 3196 8686 3196 8691
      3184 8691 3184 8724 3195 8736 3208 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 234DEG 38KT 3193 8719 

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 5:00 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	19 hr
Feb 15, 11:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	45 min
Feb 15, 11:30 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more	7 hr
Feb 15, 11:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	44 min
Feb 15, 11:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	43 min
Feb 15, 12:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	39 min
Feb 15, 12:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Monroe	23 min
Feb 15, 12:14 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		91 min
Feb 15, 12:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe	36 min
Feb 15, 12:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	43 min
Feb 15, 12:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	39 min
Feb 15, 12:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	34 min
Feb 15, 12:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	46 min
Feb 15, 12:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	28 min
Feb 15, 1:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe	30 min
Feb 15, 1:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	28 min
Feb 15, 1:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	35 min
Feb 15, 1:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	47 min
Feb 15, 1:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	44 min
Feb 15, 1:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	27 min
Feb 15, 1:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	49 min
Feb 15, 1:30 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Feb 15, 1:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	42 min
Feb 15, 1:34 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		86 min
Feb 15, 1:45 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Feb 15, 1:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	44 min
Feb 15, 2:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe	39 min
Feb 15, 2:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	38 min
Feb 15, 2:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	40 min
Feb 15, 2:41 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		34 min
Feb 15, 2:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	38 min
Feb 15, 3:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	24 min
Feb 15, 3:15 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Feb 15, 3:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	29 min
Feb 15, 3:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	41 min
Feb 15, 3:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	39 min
Feb 15, 3:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	52 min
Feb 15, 3:30 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Feb 15, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	49 min
Feb 15, 3:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	31 min
Feb 15, 4:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	26 min
Feb 15, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	50 min
Feb 15, 4:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more	32 min
Feb 15, 4:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	44 min
Feb 15, 4:32 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		88 min
Feb 15, 4:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	36 min
Feb 15, 5:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	12 min
Feb 15, 5:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	50 min
Feb 15, 5:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	40 min
Feb 15, 5:26 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		94 min
Feb 15, 5:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	23 min
Feb 15, 5:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	31 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.