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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 20164 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2016, 7:14 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 23, 2016, 7:14 PM CST (01:14 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 23, 2:13 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

905 
WUUS54 KMOB 240114
SVRMOB
ALC025-099-129-131-240200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0053.160224T0114Z-160224T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
714 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 713 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR PINE HILL TO FULTON TO WAGARVILLE...MOVING EAST
  AT 70 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...CAMDEN...GROVE HILL...PINE HILL...VREDENBURGH...
  BEATRICE...FULTON...YELLOW BLUFF...PINE APPLE...OAK HILL...WHATLEY...
  WAGARVILLE...CATHERINE...BOYKIN...PETERMAN AND LEROY.

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3220 8736 3220 8733 3205 8718 3205 8686
      3196 8686 3196 8691 3176 8691 3172 8699
      3172 8705 3168 8706 3164 8714 3159 8715
      3138 8817 3176 8785 3199 8771 3201 8762
      3213 8762 3213 8752 3227 8752 3227 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 247DEG 61KT 3203 8755 3179 8771 3142 8805 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BUTTS

2 follow-up statements

821 
WWUS54 KMOB 240135
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
735 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC025-099-129-131-240200-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160224T0200Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
735 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
FOR NORTHERN MONROE...WILCOX...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES...

AT 734 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CENTRAL MILLS TO YELLOW BLUFF TO 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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...CAMDEN...GROVE HILL...PINE HILL...VREDENBURGH...
BEATRICE...FULTON...YELLOW BLUFF...PINE APPLE...OAK HILL...WHATLEY...
WAGARVILLE...CATHERINE...BOYKIN...PETERMAN AND LEROY.

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 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3220 8736 3220 8733 3205 8718 3205 8686
      3196 8686 3196 8691 3176 8691 3172 8699
      3172 8705 3168 8706 3164 8714 3159 8715
      3138 8817 3176 8785 3199 8771 3201 8762
      3213 8762 3213 8752 3227 8752 3227 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 234DEG 51KT 3225 8744 3197 8749 3160 8783 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BUTTS

977 
WWUS54 KMOB 240152
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
752 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC025-099-129-131-240200-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160224T0200Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
752 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
FOR NORTHERN MONROE...WILCOX...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES...

AT 752 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARION JUNCTION TO NEAR BOYKIN TO NEAR FULTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...CAMDEN...GROVE HILL...PINE HILL...VREDENBURGH...
BEATRICE...FULTON...YELLOW BLUFF...PINE APPLE...OAK HILL...WHATLEY...
WAGARVILLE...CATHERINE...BOYKIN...PETERMAN AND LEROY.

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 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3220 8736 3220 8733 3205 8718 3205 8686
      3196 8686 3196 8691 3176 8691 3172 8699
      3172 8705 3168 8706 3164 8714 3159 8715
      3138 8817 3176 8785 3199 8771 3201 8762
      3213 8762 3213 8752 3227 8752 3227 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 242DEG 48KT 3241 8728 3213 8733 3176 8767 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BUTTS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 6:01 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	3 hr
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		54 min
Feb 23, 6:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	50 min
Feb 23, 6:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	11 min
Feb 23, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	44 min
Feb 23, 6:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	25 min
Feb 23, 6:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Feb 23, 7:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Feb 23, 7:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin	62 min
Feb 23, 7:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	43 min
Feb 23, 7:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox	3 hr
Feb 23, 7:27 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		48 min
Feb 23, 7:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	2 hr
Feb 23, 7:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	116 min
Feb 23, 8:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	21 min
Feb 23, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	39 min
Feb 23, 8:15 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		15 min
Feb 23, 8:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		32 min
Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	2 hr
Feb 23, 8:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
Feb 23, 9:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	22 min
Feb 23, 9:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	34 min
Feb 23, 9:57 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		63 min
Feb 24, 12:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	76 min
Feb 24, 3:59 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		17 hr
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox	4 days
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	8 days

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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.