Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 3:19 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi; 6 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. 13 reports 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, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 3:23 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sw Needham, AL | CHOCTAW COUNTY REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON MELVIN CUTOFF RD. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Feb 15, 3:23 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Nnw Isney, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE ISNEY COMMUNITY. |
| Feb 15, 3:27 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Chatom, AL | POWERLINES DOWN ALONG FRANK SCRUGS RD. |
| Feb 15, 3:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Butler, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG BAILEY ROAD IN BUTLER. |
| Feb 15, 3:33 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Butler, AL | 15-20 TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE LAKE LAVADA SUBDIVISION. |
| Feb 15, 3:35 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | N Silas, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG CR6 IN THE SILAS COMMUNITY. |
| Feb 15, 3:41 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | E Pennington, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE PENNINGTON COMMUNITY. |
| Feb 15, 3:46 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ne Saint Stephrns, AL | CLARKE COUNTY EMA REPORTS TREE DOWN ALONG MM 13/14 ON HWY 69 NEAR OLD LOCK ONE RD. |
| Feb 15, 3:53 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Mcvay, AL | CLARKE COUNTY EMA REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON SALT WORKS RD. |
| Feb 15, 3:53 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Earlville, MS | ROOF BLOWN OFF AN OLD SHED NEAR ROCKY CREEK ON TURKEY FORK RD. |
| Feb 15, 3:55 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Jackson, AL | CLARKE COUNTY EMA REPORTS DOWNED TREE ON SAMANTHA DRIVE IN JACKSON. |
| Feb 15, 4:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Ese Thomasville, AL | CLARKE COUNTY EMA REPORTS TREES DOWN IN THE THOMASVILLE COMMUNITY. |
| Feb 15, 4:07 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ene Choctaw Bluff, AL | CLARKE COUNTY EMA REPORTS A DOWNED TREE ON GAINESTOWN RD IN SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:02 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
695
WUUS54 KMOB 152119
SVRMOB
ALC023-025-097-099-129-131-MSC039-041-111-131-153-152200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0033.160215T2119Z-160215T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
319 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
EASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 319 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LISMAN TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRUITDALE TO 10
MILES SOUTH OF MCLAIN TO SAUCIER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...CITRONELLE...LUCEDALE...BUTLER...GROVE HILL...
CHATOM...LEAKESVILLE...MOUNT VERNON...PINE HILL...STATE LINE AND
MILLRY.
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 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8802 3199 8810 3200 8763
3226 8752 3224 8739 3139 8762 3128 8783
3103 8800 3069 8841 3073 8888 3068 8889
3068 8918 3129 8866 3187 8858 3190 8847
3226 8843 3231 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 255DEG 43KT 3219 8832 3128 8850 3096 8883 3065
8914
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BUTTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 40 min |
| Feb 15, 11:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 11:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Wayne | 52 min |
| Feb 15, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 31 min |
| 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, 11:47 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 | 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, 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, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 49 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, 3:21 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 | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 49 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 | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.