Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2016, 5:15 PM CST for Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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
- Mar 3, 2016, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2016, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 5:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Ivy Creek, AL | COUNTY EM REPORTS DAMAGE TO 1 HOUSE ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. |
| Mar 3, 5:18 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 3 W Rutledge, AL | PUBLIC REPORTS 1 INCH HAIL IN CRENSHAW COUNTY. |
| Mar 3, 5:20 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 3 Nnw Luverne, AL | STORM SPOTTER REPORTS 1 INCH HAIL NEAR LUVERNE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
307
WUUS54 KMOB 032315
SVRMOB
ALC013-041-032345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0061.160303T2315Z-160303T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
515 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 514 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUTLEDGE...OR
8 MILES WEST OF LUVERNE...MOVING EAST AT 70 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...
LUVERNE...RUTLEDGE AND GLENWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3160 8615 3161 8659 3178 8657 3182 8619
3179 8620 3179 8615 3166 8615 3166 8616
3165 8616 3163 8618 3162 8618 3162 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 267DEG 61KT 3171 8641
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
720
WWUS54 KMOB 032324
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
524 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016
ALC013-032333-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160303T2345Z/
BUTLER AL-
524 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3160 8615 3161 8648 3180 8637 3182 8619
3179 8620 3179 8615 3166 8615 3166 8616
3165 8616 3163 8618 3162 8618 3162 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 266DEG 62KT 3172 8623
$$
ALC041-032345-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160303T2345Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
524 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY...
AT 523 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LUVERNE...MOVING
EAST AT 70 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...
LUVERNE...RUTLEDGE AND GLENWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3160 8615 3161 8648 3180 8637 3182 8619
3179 8620 3179 8615 3166 8615 3166 8616
3165 8616 3163 8618 3162 8618 3162 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 266DEG 62KT 3172 8623
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$059
WWUS54 KMOB 032339
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
539 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016
ALC041-032348-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160303T2345Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
539 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MOBILE.
LAT...LON 3160 8615 3161 8648 3180 8637 3182 8619
3179 8620 3179 8615 3166 8615 3166 8616
3165 8616 3163 8618 3162 8618 3162 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 267DEG 61KT 3172 8623
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:24 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 26 hr | |
| Mar 3, 11:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 39 min |
| Mar 3, 1:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 1:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 2:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 39 min |
| Mar 3, 2:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 3:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 5:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 5:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 63 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.