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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 3:59 PM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min. 6 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, 3:59 PM CST (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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, 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. |
| Feb 15, 4:13 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Saraland, AL | PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN SARALAND. |
| Feb 15, 4:13 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Saraland, AL | PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN SARALAND. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Feb 15, 4:24 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Monroeville, AL | TREES DOWN ALONG SOUTH MT PLEASANT AVE BETWEEN MONROEVILLE AND HWY 84. |
| Feb 15, 4:26 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Monroeville, AL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE MONROEVILLE AREA. |
| Feb 15, 4:28 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Frisco City, AL | TREES DOWN ALONG OAK GROVE CHURCH RD NEAR FRISCO CITY AND HWY 84. |
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, 12:02 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted.
863
WUUS54 KMOB 152159
SVRMOB
ALC003-025-053-097-099-129-MSC039-041-152230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0035.160215T2159Z-160215T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
359 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 430 PM CST
* AT 358 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCINTOSH TO GULFPORT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST 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...
MOBILE...PRICHARD...DAPHNE...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...SPANISH FORT...
MONROEVILLE...SATSUMA...CHICKASAW...JACKSON...CITRONELLE AND LUCEDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
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. THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
&&
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 3023 8828 3025 8818 3036 8819 3039 8840
3074 8841 3074 8889 3189 8796 3169 8714
3057 8790 3075 8793 3065 8793 3074 8803
3067 8802 3067 8803 3068 8803 3073 8804
3075 8804 3074 8805 3025 8812 3024 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 297DEG 29KT 3134 8792 3041 8908
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
558
WWUS54 KMOB 152220
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
420 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
MSC041-152229-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160215T2230Z/
GREENE MS-
420 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3023 8828 3025 8818 3036 8819 3039 8840
3074 8841 3074 8861 3172 8781 3169 8714
3057 8790 3075 8793 3065 8793 3074 8803
3067 8802 3067 8803 3068 8803 3073 8804
3075 8804 3074 8805 3025 8812 3024 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 270DEG 45KT 3160 8758 3108 8797 3047 8870
$$
ALC003-025-053-097-099-129-MSC039-152230-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160215T2230Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-MONROE AL-WASHINGTON AL-ESCAMBIA AL-CLARKE AL-
GEORGE MS-
420 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...MOBILE...MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON...WESTERN ESCAMBIA...CENTRAL CLARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGE COUNTIES...
AT 419 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHATLEY TO NEAR MOUNT VERNON TO
NEAR HICKORY HILLS...MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
MOBILE...PRICHARD...DAPHNE...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...SPANISH FORT...
MONROEVILLE...SATSUMA...CHICKASAW...JACKSON...CITRONELLE AND BAYOU LA
BATRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
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. THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
&&
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 3023 8828 3025 8818 3036 8819 3039 8840
3074 8841 3074 8861 3172 8781 3169 8714
3057 8790 3075 8793 3065 8793 3074 8803
3067 8802 3067 8803 3068 8803 3073 8804
3075 8804 3074 8805 3025 8812 3024 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 270DEG 45KT 3160 8758 3108 8797 3047 8870
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 | 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, 2:26 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, 3:19 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 | 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 |
| 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, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Wayne | 52 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.