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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2016, 6:52 PM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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 22, 2016, 6:52 PM CST (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2016, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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 nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
231
WUUS54 KMOB 230052
SVRMOB
ALC025-129-230130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0044.160223T0052Z-160223T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
652 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CST
* AT 651 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAGARVILLE...
OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3163 8780 3142 8766 3141 8769 3140 8771
3138 8772 3138 8775 3134 8796 3143 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 241DEG 16KT 3140 8797
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
263
WWUS54 KMOB 230109
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
709 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016
ALC129-230119-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160223T0130Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
709 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3152 8773 3144 8768 3142 8771 3140 8776
3139 8788 3145 8792 3146 8792 3159 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 241DEG 16KT 3144 8789
$$
ALC025-230130-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160223T0130Z/
CLARKE AL-
709 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY...
AT 709 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3152 8773 3144 8768 3142 8771 3140 8776
3139 8788 3145 8792 3146 8792 3159 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 241DEG 16KT 3144 8789
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$876
WWUS54 KMOB 230130
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
730 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016
ALC025-230139-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160223T0130Z/
CLARKE AL-
730 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 730 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3152 8773 3144 8768 3142 8771 3140 8776
3139 8788 3145 8792 3146 8792 3159 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 241DEG 16KT 3144 8789
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 8:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 39 min |
| Feb 23, 2:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 51 min |
| Feb 23, 3:30 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 24 hr | |
| Feb 23, 6:46 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Feb 23, 11:42 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 8 days |
| Feb 23, 11:42 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 8 days |
| Feb 23, 12:39 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 23 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| Feb 23, 5:13 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Feb 23, 5:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Feb 23, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 49 min |
| Feb 23, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| Feb 23, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 62 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.