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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 4:09 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 17, 2016, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
038
WUUS54 KMOB 172109
SVRMOB
ALC003-FLC033-172145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0075.160317T2109Z-160317T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
409 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 408 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF MOLINO TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ROBERTSDALE TO NEAR LOXLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...MOLINO AND GONZALEZ.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3060 8773 3086 8767 3090 8729 3089 8728
3088 8730 3085 8731 3084 8730 3081 8729
3079 8731 3074 8731 3072 8730 3072 8728
3055 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 268DEG 29KT 3076 8753 3066 8757 3062 8770
$$3 follow-up statements
991
WWUS54 KMOB 172124
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
424 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
ALC003-FLC033-172145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160317T2145Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
424 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
AT 424 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF MOLINO TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GONZALEZ TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBERTSDALE...MOVING EAST AT 25
TO 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...MOLINO AND GONZALEZ.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3060 8773 3086 8766 3090 8729 3089 8728
3088 8730 3085 8731 3084 8730 3081 8729
3079 8731 3074 8731 3072 8730 3072 8728
3055 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 273DEG 23KT 3074 8745 3072 8749 3066 8752
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$015
WWUS54 KMOB 172129
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
429 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
ALC003-FLC033-172145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160317T2145Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
429 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
AT 428 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF MOLINO TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENSLEY
TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GONZALEZ...MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 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...
PENSACOLA...MOLINO AND GONZALEZ.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3057 8742 3058 8754 3078 8754 3082 8750
3088 8743 3090 8729 3089 8728 3088 8730
3085 8731 3081 8729 3079 8731 3074 8731
3072 8730 3072 8728 3055 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 285DEG 20KT 3074 8743 3072 8747 3066 8750
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$633
WWUS54 KMOB 172135
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
435 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
ALC003-FLC033-172145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160317T2145Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
435 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
AT 435 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOLINO TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENSLEY TO 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF GONZALEZ...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...MOLINO AND GONZALEZ.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3057 8742 3058 8754 3073 8752 3082 8750
3088 8743 3090 8729 3089 8728 3088 8730
3085 8731 3081 8729 3079 8731 3074 8731
3072 8730 3072 8728 3055 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 268DEG 29KT 3074 8741 3072 8745 3066 8748
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 11:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| Mar 17, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 16 min |
| Mar 17, 6:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 40 min |
| Mar 17, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 63 min |
| Mar 17, 7:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 49 min |
| Mar 17, 7:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 31 min |
| Mar 17, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Mar 17, 11:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Mar 17, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Mar 17, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Mar 17, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 51 min |
| Mar 17, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Mar 17, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 28 min | |
| Mar 17, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Mar 17, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 17, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 43 min |
| Mar 17, 6:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 33 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 55 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.