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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Mobile, AL

April 3, 2017Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2017, 8:09 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
Apr 3, 2017, 8:09 AM CDT (13:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2017, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 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
Apr 3, 8:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGBrewton, ALTREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 18 NEAR BREWTON
Apr 3, 8:27 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Johnsonville, ALMULITPLE TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 6 NEAR JOHNSONVILLE IN CONECUH COUNTY.
Apr 3, 8:33 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Evergreen, ALROOF OF A COVERED PORCH COLLAPSED ON SPENCE MCGRAW ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES EITHER BLOWN OVER OR SNAPPED IN THIS AREA.

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
Apr 3, 7:06 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 3, 1:48 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 12:00Z 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -464 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-464 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-530 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

395 
WUUS54 KMOB 031309
SVRMOB
ALC003-035-039-053-097-FLC033-113-031400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0115.170403T1309Z-170403T1400Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
  Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
  Escambia County in south central Alabama...
  Conecuh County in south central Alabama...
  Southwestern Covington County in south central Alabama...
  Northern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
  Northwestern Escambia County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 900 AM CDT

* At 808 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Castleberry to near Big Point, moving east at
  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...
  Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Daphne, Tillmans Corner,
  Fairhope, Saraland, Bay Minette, Atmore, Theodore, Chickasaw,
  Satsuma, Brewton, Spanish Fort, Grand Bay, Robertsdale, Evergreen,
  Bayou La Batre, Creola and Point Clear.

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. A tornado watch also remains
in effect until 100 PM CDT for south central Alabama...and
northwestern Florida.

LAT...LON 3022 8831 3028 8839 3083 8842 3124 8761
      3126 8743 3141 8729 3160 8691 3112 8635
      3099 8662 3100 8679 3092 8679 3022 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 1308Z 287DEG 28KT 3126 8708 3054 8852 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa45 min
Apr 3, 7:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa4 hr
Apr 3, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa64 min
Apr 3, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia60 min
Apr 3, 9:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Apr 3, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa39 min
Apr 3, 9:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa62 min
Apr 3, 9:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa31 min
Apr 3, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa46 min
Apr 3, 10:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa45 min
Apr 3, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa31 min
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, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington45 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, 7:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile4 hr
Apr 3, 8:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 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, 9:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 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, 10:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 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

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.