Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 8:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Fairhope, AL | TREE ON A HOME AT MOBILE ST AND WHITE AVE RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. ANOTHER HOME IN THE AREA SUFFERED SHINGLE DAMAGE. SEVERAL OTHER TREES DOWNED IN THE AREA. NUMEROUS TENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL IN DOWNTOWN FAIRHOPE WERE DAMAGED. |
| Mar 17, 9:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Robertsdale, AL | BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN ROBERTSDALE. TIME FROM RADAR. |
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.
| 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
258
WUUS54 KMOB 180145
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-180230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0091.160318T0145Z-160318T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
845 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 843 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHICKASAW TO NEAR BELLE FONTAINE TO NEAR 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...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...ORANGE BEACH...ROBERTSDALE...BAYOU
LA BATRE...GRAND BAY...TILLMANS CORNER...POINT CLEAR...THEODORE...
MIDTOWN MOBILE...ELBERTA...SUMMERDALE...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...SILVERHILL...
PERDIDO BEACH...CODEN...I10 AND I65 AND BON SECOUR.
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.
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 3025 8779 3030 8773 3042 8783 3033 8814
3041 8791 3047 8792 3048 8793 3033 8815
3039 8840 3054 8836 3073 8815 3065 8803
3057 8744 3035 8748 3031 8758 3036 8760
3036 8761 3030 8762 3031 8751 3025 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 280DEG 38KT 3079 8799 3053 8809 3042 8835
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
793
WWUS54 KMOB 180158
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
858 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
ALC003-097-180230-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-160318T0230Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
858 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTIES...
AT 857 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM DAPHNE TO NEAR POINT CLEAR TO CODEN...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...ORANGE BEACH...ROBERTSDALE...BAYOU LA
BATRE...POINT CLEAR...THEODORE...ELBERTA...SUMMERDALE...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...
SILVERHILL...PERDIDO BEACH...CODEN...BON SECOUR...BELLE FONTAINE AND
FAIRHOPE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3025 8779 3030 8773 3042 8783 3033 8814
3041 8791 3047 8792 3048 8793 3033 8815
3037 8833 3050 8825 3060 8812 3065 8803
3057 8744 3035 8748 3031 8758 3036 8760
3036 8761 3030 8762 3031 8751 3025 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 280DEG 44KT 3061 8791 3051 8795 3040 8821
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 23 min |
| Mar 17, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 65 min |
| Mar 17, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 58 min |
| Mar 17, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Mar 17, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Mar 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Mar 17, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Mar 17, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Mar 17, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Mar 17, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Mar 17, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Mar 17, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Mar 17, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Mar 18, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Mar 18, 1:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Mar 18, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Mar 18, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| Mar 18, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 min | |
| Mar 18, 7:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Mar 18, 8:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 66 hr |
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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.