Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
Butts1 follow-up statement
756
WWUS54 KMOB 072131
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
331 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
ALC003-097-072200-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170207T2200Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-
331 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE AND SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTIES...
At 328 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Fort Gaines, or 8 miles south of Central Dauphin Island. Additional
severe thunderstorms extend westward across the Mississippi Sound
and nearshore Gulf of Mexico Waters south of the Mississippi Coast.
Movement was east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Central Dauphin Island, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan and Alabama Port.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Additional statements will be issued as conditions warrant.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3022 8838 3034 8840 3035 8839 3035 8840
3044 8782 3022 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 273DEG 41KT 3013 8811
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
ButtsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 5:58 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 42 hr |
| Feb 7, 10:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 59 min |
| Feb 7, 10:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Feb 7, 10:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 28 min |
| Feb 7, 10:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 min | |
| Feb 7, 11:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Feb 7, 11:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Feb 7, 12:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Feb 7, 12:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 33 min |
| Feb 7, 12:34 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 41 min | |
| Feb 7, 12:42 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Feb 7, 12:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 1:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 30 min |
| Feb 7, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 39 min |
| Feb 7, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| Feb 7, 1:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Feb 7, 1:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Feb 7, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Feb 7, 1:49 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Feb 7, 1:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 38 min |
| Feb 7, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 58 min |
| Feb 7, 2:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Feb 7, 2:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 49 min |
| Feb 7, 2:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:32 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:49 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Feb 7, 2:57 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Feb 7, 3:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| Feb 7, 3:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 7, 3:27 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Feb 7, 3:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 7, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 46 min |
| Feb 7, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 4:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:25 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Feb 7, 4:48 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 5:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 43 min |
| Feb 7, 5:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 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.