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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Mobile, AL

March 17, 2016George County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. 8 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 17, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 17, 8:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 S Regional Airport In, ALA SECTION OF WOOD FENCE DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
Mar 17, 8:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.255 S Regional Airport In, ALOBSERVED AT NWS EMPLOYEES HOME.
Mar 17, 8:26 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 62Mobile Airport, ALMOBILE ASOS RECORDED 62MPH WIND GUST WITH THUNDERSTORM PASSAGE.
Mar 17, 8:26 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 62Mobile Airport, ALMOBILE ASOS RECORDED 62MPH WIND GUST WITH THUNDERSTORM PASSAGE.
Mar 17, 8:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.5Ese Knollwood Hospital, ALTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF GIRBY RD AND KNOLLWOOD RD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR
Mar 17, 8:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nne Hollingers Island, ALTWO 100 YEAR OAKS SPLIT IN HALF ON RIVER FOREST DRIVE
Mar 17, 8:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Mobile Airport, ALLAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS AN OVERTURNED VEHICLE OFF YORKHAVEN RD.
Mar 17, 8:40 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 50Sse Downtown Mobile, ALWEATHER FLOW INSTRUMENT NEAR THE CAUSEWAY MEASURED A 50MPH GUST WITH THUNDERSTORM PASSAGE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 17, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 761 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

As transmitted.

753 
WUUS54 KMOB 180100
SVRMOB
ALC097-MSC039-180145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0087.160318T0100Z-160318T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
800 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 759 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HURLEY...OR 11
  MILES WEST OF REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...MOVING EAST AT 45
  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...
  MOBILE...PRICHARD...CHICKASAW...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...
  THEODORE...MIDTOWN MOBILE...REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...
  NORTHEASTERN GRAND BAY...I65 AND I165...I10 AND I65...I65 AND US 45...
  SEMMES...I65 AND AL 158 AND BELLE FONTAINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


&&

LAT...LON 3052 8840 3074 8841 3074 8862 3085 8859
      3081 8799 3079 8799 3077 8803 3070 8800
      3069 8801 3074 8802 3069 8802 3067 8803
      3075 8804 3074 8805 3066 8803 3066 8804
      3064 8806 3061 8805 3057 8809 3046 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 271DEG 39KT 3073 8843 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
502 
WWUS54 KMOB 180123
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
823 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSC039-180130-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-160318T0145Z/
GEORGE MS-
823 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3074 8841 3084 8841 3081 8799 3079 8799
      3077 8803 3070 8800 3069 8801 3074 8802
      3069 8802 3067 8803 3075 8804 3074 8805
      3066 8803 3066 8804 3064 8806 3061 8805
      3057 8809 3046 8810 3052 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 275DEG 37KT 3081 8820 3067 8825 3052 8843 

$$

ALC097-180145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-160318T0145Z/
MOBILE AL-
823 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...

AT 820 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SEMMES TO REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE TO NEAR
HELENA...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
MOBILE...PRICHARD...CHICKASAW...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...
THEODORE...MIDTOWN MOBILE...REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...
NORTHEASTERN GRAND BAY...I65 AND I165...I10 AND I65...I65 AND US 45...
SEMMES...I65 AND AL 158 AND BELLE FONTAINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH
TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3074 8841 3084 8841 3081 8799 3079 8799
      3077 8803 3070 8800 3069 8801 3074 8802
      3069 8802 3067 8803 3075 8804 3074 8805
      3066 8803 3066 8804 3064 8806 3061 8805
      3057 8809 3046 8810 3052 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 275DEG 37KT 3081 8820 3067 8825 3052 8843 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
370 
WWUS54 KMOB 180136
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
836 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

ALC097-180145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-160318T0145Z/
MOBILE AL-
836 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...

AT 826 PM CDT...A 62 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT MOBILE
REGIONAL AIRPORT.

AT 835 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SARALAND TO NEAR TILLMANS CORNER TO GRAND BAY...
MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
MOBILE...PRICHARD...CHICKASAW...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...
THEODORE...MIDTOWN MOBILE...REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...
NORTHEASTERN GRAND BAY...I65 AND I165...I10 AND I65...I65 AND US 45...
SEMMES...I65 AND AL 158 AND BELLE FONTAINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3074 8841 3084 8841 3081 8799 3079 8799
      3077 8803 3070 8800 3069 8801 3074 8802
      3069 8802 3067 8803 3075 8804 3074 8805
      3066 8803 3066 8804 3064 8806 3061 8805
      3057 8809 3046 8810 3052 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 275DEG 38KT 3079 8803 3058 8811 3051 8829 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone25 min
Mar 17, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge45 min
Mar 17, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge37 min
Mar 17, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Stone37 min
Mar 18, 5:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne50 min
Mar 17, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile23 min
Mar 17, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia65 min
Mar 17, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile58 min
Mar 17, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin29 min
Mar 17, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Mar 17, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin38 min
Mar 17, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile45 min
Mar 17, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Mar 17, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Mar 17, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin37 min
Mar 17, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Mar 17, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Mar 17, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Mar 17, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Mar 17, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Mar 18, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Mar 18, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB96 min
Mar 18, 4:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Mar 18, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB30 min
Mar 18, 6:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB31 min
Mar 18, 7:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Mar 18, 8:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 18, 4:05 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB66 hr

Nearby

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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.