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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Mobile, AL

February 15, 2016Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 5:37 PM CST for Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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, 5:37 PM CST (23:37 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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, 5:46 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 Nne Andalusia, AL	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON STRAUGHN SCHOOL ROAD. WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 TO 80 MPH.
Feb 15, 5:47 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene Heath, AL	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTRY DRIVE. ONE TREE FELL ONTO A HOME CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE. A SHED WAS ALSO DESTROYED. WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 TO 80 MPH.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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.

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.

133 
WUUS54 KMOB 152337
SVRMOB
ALC039-041-160000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0041.160215T2337Z-160216T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 536 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HEATH...OR
  NEAR ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT 65 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...
  ANDALUSIA...OPP...BABBIE...RIVER FALLS...RED LEVEL...DOZIER...HEATH...
  SANFORD...GANTT AND ROSE 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 SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3153 8616 3153 8620 3127 8620 3124 8663
      3152 8664 3152 8650 3154 8649 3159 8615
      3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 255DEG 56KT 3137 8649 

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

BUTTS

1 follow-up statement

943 
WWUS54 KMOB 152349
SVSMOB

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

ALC039-041-160000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160216T0000Z/
CRENSHAW AL-COVINGTON AL-
549 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR SOUTHERN CRENSHAW AND NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 548 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSE HILL...OR 9
MILES NORTH OF OPP...MOVING EAST AT 65 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...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...BABBIE...DOZIER...HEATH...SANFORD...GANTT AND ROSE 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 SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3153 8616 3153 8620 3127 8620 3124 8662
      3138 8650 3152 8650 3154 8649 3159 8615
      3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 253DEG 55KT 3142 8631 

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

BUTTS

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, 2:26 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 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, 5:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	31 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.