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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Mobile, AL

April 22, 2017Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2017, 6:18 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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 22, 2017, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2017, 7:05 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2017-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2017-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

775 
WUUS54 KMOB 222318
SVRMOB
ALC023-230015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0141.170422T2318Z-170423T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
618 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 715 PM CDT

* At 618 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Increase, or
  12 miles southeast of Meridian, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Butler and Lisman. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. 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 3231 8808 3197 8825 3208 8845 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 298DEG 22KT 3227 8855 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
143 
WWUS54 KMOB 222348
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
648 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2017

ALC023-230015-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-170423T0015Z/
Choctaw AL-
648 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...

At 647 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lisman, or 10
miles northwest of Butler, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Butler and Lisman. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3231 8808 3197 8825 3208 8845 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 291DEG 24KT 3219 8835 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
974 
WWUS54 KMOB 230005
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
705 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2017

ALC023-230014-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-170423T0015Z/
Choctaw AL-
705 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3231 8808 3197 8825 3208 8845 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 298DEG 22KT 3214 8824 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 3:10 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia6 hr
Apr 22, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw65 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.