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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Mobile, AL

February 7, 2017Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 7, 2017, 2:58 PM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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
Feb 7, 2017, 2:58 PM CST (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2017, 4:00 PM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Feb 7, 11:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2017-02-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 889 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
889 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

As transmitted.

703 
WUUS54 KMOB 072058
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-072200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0082.170207T2058Z-170207T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
258 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
  Southwestern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 400 PM CST

* At 257 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles southeast
  of Gautier, or 19 miles south of Moss Point, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Central Dauphin Island, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan and Alabama Port. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3022 8838 3034 8840 3035 8839 3035 8840
      3044 8782 3022 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 261DEG 28KT 3015 8852 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Butts
1 follow-up statement
756 
WWUS54 KMOB 072131
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
331 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017

ALC003-097-072200-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170207T2200Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-
331 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE AND SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTIES...

At 328 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of 
Fort Gaines, or 8 miles south of Central Dauphin Island. Additional 
severe thunderstorms extend westward across the Mississippi Sound 
and nearshore Gulf of Mexico Waters south of the Mississippi Coast. 
Movement was east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings. 

Locations impacted include...
Central Dauphin Island, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan and Alabama Port. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

Additional statements will be issued as conditions warrant.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3022 8838 3034 8840 3035 8839 3035 8840
      3044 8782 3022 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 273DEG 41KT 3013 8811 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 5:58 AM CSTRip Current StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile42 hr
Feb 7, 10:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington59 min
Feb 7, 10:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke46 min
Feb 7, 10:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile28 min
Feb 7, 10:57 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB33 min
Feb 7, 11:17 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Washington43 min
Feb 7, 11:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox42 min
Feb 7, 12:06 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia39 min
Feb 7, 12:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Monroe33 min
Feb 7, 12:34 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB41 min
Feb 7, 12:42 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Feb 7, 12:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw41 min
Feb 7, 1:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile30 min
Feb 7, 1:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile39 min
Feb 7, 1:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile49 min
Feb 7, 1:21 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Feb 7, 1:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin48 min
Feb 7, 1:44 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 min
Feb 7, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile44 min
Feb 7, 1:49 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Feb 7, 1:52 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh38 min
Feb 7, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile58 min
Feb 7, 2:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Conecuh, Crenshaw40 min
Feb 7, 2:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington, Escambia49 min
Feb 7, 2:30 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Feb 7, 2:32 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Feb 7, 2:33 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Feb 7, 2:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Feb 7, 2:49 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB9 hr
Feb 7, 2:57 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Feb 7, 3:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin59 min
Feb 7, 3:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington35 min
Feb 7, 3:14 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Feb 7, 3:27 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Feb 7, 3:40 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Feb 7, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile46 min
Feb 7, 4:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin41 min
Feb 7, 4:14 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Feb 7, 4:25 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Feb 7, 4:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin35 min
Feb 7, 4:48 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB27 min
Feb 7, 4:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox41 min
Feb 7, 5:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh43 min
Feb 7, 5:12 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 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.