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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Mobile, AL

April 3, 2017Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2017, 5:45 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 3, 2017, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2017, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 1:48 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2017-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2017-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

307 
WUUS54 KMOB 031045
SVRMOB
ALC023-025-129-031130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0110.170403T1045Z-170403T1130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
545 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
  Northern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
  Northern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 630 AM CDT

* At 544 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles northwest of Coffeeville to near State Line,
  moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Jackson, Thomasville, Grove Hill, Saint Stephens, Leroy, Millry,
  Coffeeville and Fulton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3188 8767 3187 8762 3183 8762 3183 8758
      3149 8787 3151 8845 3157 8846 3187 8822
      3189 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 264DEG 31KT 3181 8820 3151 8843 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
777 
WWUS54 KMOB 031122
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
622 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017

ALC023-031131-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-170403T1130Z/
Choctaw AL-
622 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3189 8767 3188 8767 3187 8762 3183 8762
      3183 8758 3149 8787 3151 8830 3170 8811
      3170 8809 3171 8809 3188 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1121Z 264DEG 31KT 3184 8785 3154 8808 

$$

ALC025-129-031130-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-170403T1130Z/
Washington AL-Clarke AL-
622 AM CDT MON APR 3 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES...

At 621 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles northwest of Fulton to Saint Stephens, moving 
east at 35 mph.  A new warning may be issued soon for a portion of 
this area.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Thomasville, Grove Hill, Saint Stephens, Leroy and Fulton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3189 8767 3188 8767 3187 8762 3183 8762
      3183 8758 3149 8787 3151 8830 3170 8811
      3170 8809 3171 8809 3188 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1121Z 264DEG 31KT 3184 8785 3154 8808 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw46 min
Apr 3, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw49 min
Apr 3, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington50 min
Apr 3, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Mobile, Washington48 min
Apr 3, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington47 min
Apr 3, 6:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington47 min
Apr 3, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Apr 3, 7:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more49 min
Apr 3, 7:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Apr 3, 7:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Covington, Escambia45 min
Apr 3, 7:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile4 hr
Apr 3, 7:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile4 hr
Apr 3, 8:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile51 min
Apr 3, 8:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Apr 3, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia64 min
Apr 3, 8:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Apr 3, 8:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin4 hr
Apr 3, 8:54 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw13 min
Apr 3, 8:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Apr 3, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile60 min
Apr 3, 9:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Apr 3, 9:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Apr 3, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington39 min
Apr 3, 9:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington8 days
Apr 3, 9:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington9 days
Apr 3, 9:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin62 min
Apr 3, 10:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Apr 3, 10:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin45 min
Apr 3, 10:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Apr 3, 12:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
Apr 3, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Apr 3, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB114 min
Apr 3, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB67 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.