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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

May 14, 2018Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2018, 3:37 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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 14, 2018, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 12:00Z on 2018-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 439 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2018-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

214 
WUUS54 KMOB 142037
SVRMOB
ALC041-142130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0021.180514T2037Z-180514T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
337 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 337 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Glenwood, or
  4 miles southwest of Goshen, moving southwest at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Luverne, Brantley, Rutledge and Glenwood. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3150 8640 3153 8640 3153 8650 3165 8650
      3166 8645 3179 8645 3178 8615 3166 8615
      3166 8616 3165 8616 3163 8618 3162 8618
      3162 8615 3159 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 064DEG 13KT 3169 8619 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
573 
WWUS54 KMOB 142100
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
400 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

ALC041-142109-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180514T2130Z/
Crenshaw AL-
400 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3150 8640 3153 8640 3153 8650 3165 8650
      3166 8645 3179 8645 3178 8615 3166 8615
      3166 8616 3165 8616 3163 8618 3162 8618
      3162 8615 3159 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 064DEG 13KT 3165 8628 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB44 min
May 13, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB25 min
May 13, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile46 min
May 14, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
May 14, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin57 min
May 14, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia41 min
May 14, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB67 min
May 14, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB52 min
May 14, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin16 min
May 14, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Escambia56 min
May 14, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
May 14, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile53 min
May 14, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington32 min
May 14, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile38 min
May 14, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington39 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.