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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Mobile, AL

April 27, 2017Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2017, 3:50 AM CDT for Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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 27, 2017, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2017, 4:14 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2017-04-27Temperature 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 2017-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

111 
WUUS54 KMOB 270850
SVRMOB
ALC025-131-270930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0147.170427T0850Z-170427T0930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
350 AM CDT THU APR 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
  Western Wilcox County in south central Alabama...

* Until 430 AM CDT

* At 349 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fulton, or
  near Thomasville, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Thomasville, Camden, Pine Hill, Fulton, Yellow Bluff and Dannelly
  Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3216 8729 3214 8728 3215 8727 3214 8725
      3212 8726 3212 8725 3210 8723 3209 8721
      3196 8713 3171 8781 3186 8791 3201 8764
      3200 8763 3202 8762 3218 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0849Z 241DEG 37KT 3182 8779 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
388 
WWUS54 KMOB 270914
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
414 AM CDT THU APR 27 2017

ALC025-131-270924-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-170427T0930Z/
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-
414 AM CDT THU APR 27 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND
WESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, therefore the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3216 8729 3214 8728 3215 8727 3214 8725
      3212 8726 3212 8725 3210 8723 3209 8721
      3196 8713 3171 8781 3186 8791 3201 8764
      3200 8763 3202 8762 3218 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0913Z 241DEG 37KT 3195 8752 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw60 min
Apr 27, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw27 min
Apr 27, 2:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Washington67 min
Apr 27, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.