Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2017, 7:57 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. 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
- Mar 27, 2017, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2017, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted.
108
WUUS54 KMOB 280057
SVRMOB
ALC023-129-MSC153-280145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0096.170328T0057Z-170328T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
757 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
East central Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 845 PM CDT
* At 757 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Waynesboro,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Waynesboro and Millry.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3162 8868 3177 8866 3173 8827 3151 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 285DEG 19KT 3170 8858
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$3 follow-up statements
761
WWUS54 KMOB 280114
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
814 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
ALC023-129-MSC153-280145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-170328T0145Z/
Choctaw AL-Washington AL-Wayne MS-
814 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTIES...
At 813 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Waynesboro, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Millry.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3160 8862 3176 8860 3173 8827 3151 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 287DEG 18KT 3167 8849
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$034
WWUS54 KMOB 280133
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
833 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
MSC153-280142-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-170328T0145Z/
Wayne MS-
833 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
Wayne County. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3173 8827 3153 8833 3155 8846 3175 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 283DEG 18KT 3166 8841
$$
ALC023-129-280145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-170328T0145Z/
Choctaw AL-Washington AL-
833 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
At 832 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located just west of
Millry, or 14 miles east of Waynesboro, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Millry.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3173 8827 3153 8833 3155 8846 3175 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 283DEG 18KT 3166 8841
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$946
WWUS54 KMOB 280142
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
842 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
ALC023-129-280152-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-170328T0145Z/
Choctaw AL-Washington AL-
842 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3173 8827 3153 8833 3155 8846 3175 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 285DEG 19KT 3165 8837
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 22 min |
| Mar 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2017Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017
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.