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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Mobile, AL

May 29, 2017Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2017, 11:42 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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
May 29, 2017, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2017, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:43 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1464 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
1464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted.

862 
WUUS54 KMOB 300442
SVRMOB
ALC003-300530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0177.170530T0442Z-170530T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1142 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 1230 AM CDT

* At 1141 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Downtown
  Mobile, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Bay Minette, Spanish Fort and Stapleton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3065 8806 3066 8805 3065 8803 3075 8805
      3076 8804 3076 8805 3078 8801 3098 8764
      3092 8761 3087 8764 3085 8763 3078 8754
      3073 8752 3057 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 243DEG 24KT 3069 8799 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
779 
WWUS54 KMOB 300508
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1208 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2017

ALC003-300530-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-170530T0530Z/
Baldwin AL-
1208 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...

At 1207 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Stapleton, or
7 miles south of Bay Minette, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Bay Minette and Stapleton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3098 8764 3092 8761 3087 8764 3085 8763
      3078 8754 3073 8752 3064 8780 3084 8790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 243DEG 24KT 3077 8780 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
077 
WWUS54 KMOB 300530
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1230 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2017

ALC003-300539-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-170530T0530Z/
Baldwin AL-
1230 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3098 8764 3092 8761 3087 8764 3085 8763
      3078 8754 3073 8752 3064 8780 3084 8790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 243DEG 24KT 3082 8768 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
May 29, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile64 min
May 29, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile65 min
May 29, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
May 29, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
May 29, 11:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin52 min
May 30, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia67 min
May 30, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
May 30, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 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.