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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL

February 15, 2016Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 3:23 PM CST for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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, 3:23 PM CST (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2016, 4:15 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.

728 
WUUS54 KMOB 152123
SVRMOB
ALC035-053-152215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0034.160215T2123Z-160215T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 323 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER I65 AND AL
  113...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF FLOMATON...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...CASTLEBERRY...I65 AND AL 41...I65 AND AL 83...I65 AND AL
  113...I65 AND CR 6 AND I65 AND US 84.

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.

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 3110 8733 3121 8742 3152 8708 3139 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 221DEG 34KT 3121 8732 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
107 
WWUS54 KMOB 152147
SVSMOB

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

ALC053-152156-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160215T2215Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-
347 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA 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 3130 8713 3136 8725 3152 8708 3139 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 221DEG 34KT 3138 8715 

$$

ALC035-152215-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160215T2215Z/
CONECUH AL-
347 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY...

AT 346 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR I65 AND CR 6...
OR 12 MILES WEST 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...I65 AND US 84...I65 AND AL 83 AND I65 AND CR 6. 

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.

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 3130 8713 3136 8725 3152 8708 3139 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 221DEG 34KT 3138 8715 

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, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh42 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, 3:30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.