Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2018, 8:32 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min. 18 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2018, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2018, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:32 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 43 | Mobile Downtown Airport, AL | ASOS STATION BFM, MOBILE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT. |
| Jun 28, 8:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 15 | Daphne, AL | MESONET STATION D9947, DAPHNE. |
| Jun 28, 8:33 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 17 | 2 Ese Bon Secour, AL | MESONET STATION E5848, 2 ESE BON SECOUR. |
| Jun 28, 8:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Magnolia Grove Gol, AL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN EAST OF SEMMES. |
| Jun 28, 8:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 11 | 1 S Snow And Tanner Wi, AL | MESONET STATION E7714, 1 S SNOW AND TANNER WI. |
| Jun 28, 8:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 32 | Gulf Shores, AL | AWOS STATION JKA, GULF SHORES. |
| Jun 28, 8:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 35 | 2 E Point Clear, AL | AWOS STATION CQF, 2 E POINT CLEAR. |
| Jun 28, 8:36 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 24 | 4 E Orange Beach, FL | MESONET STATION D9919, 4 E ORANGE BEACH. |
| Jun 28, 8:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 31 | I65 And Airport Bl, AL | MESONET STATION E8738, I65 AND AIRPORT BL. |
| Jun 28, 8:38 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 18 | 2 W Miflin, AL | MESONET STATION USA10, 2 W MIFLIN. |
| Jun 28, 8:39 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 22 | Foley, AL | MESONET STATION D1458, FOLEY. |
| Jun 28, 8:40 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 17 | Gulf Shores, AL | MESONET STATION GSFDP, GULF SHORES. |
| Jun 28, 8:41 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 18 | 2 Ene Romar Beach, AL | MESONET STATION D8679, 2 ENE ROMAR BEACH. |
| Jun 28, 8:43 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 27 | 2 Sw Gulf Shores, AL | MESONET STATION D2229, 2 SW GULF SHORES. |
| Jun 28, 8:44 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 12 | 2 Nw Tanner Williams, AL | MESONET STATION D6471, 2 NW TANNER WILLIAMS. |
| Jun 28, 8:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 14 | Turkey Branch, AL | MESONET STATION WKXA1, TURKEY BRANCH. |
| Jun 28, 8:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 22 | Dawes, AL | MESONET STATION C1353, DAWES. |
| Jun 28, 9:03 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 18 | 2 E Gasque, AL | MESONET STATION C4898, 2 E GASQUE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 2357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
717
WUUS54 KMOB 290132
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-290215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0064.180629T0132Z-180629T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
832 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
Southern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 832 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Wilmer to 3 miles north of Tillmans Corner to
Elberta, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Daphne, Tillmans Corner,
Fairhope, Saraland, Gulf Shores, Foley, Theodore, Chickasaw, Orange
Beach, Spanish Fort, Grand Bay, Robertsdale, Bayou La Batre, Point
Clear, Loxley, Magnolia Springs and Stapleton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3022 8785 3040 8839 3100 8842 3060 8745
3041 8747 3035 8752 3034 8743 3033 8744
3032 8743 3032 8750 3031 8744 3031 8745
3030 8745 3030 8747 3029 8750 3030 8742
3031 8742 3031 8741 3022 8741
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 332DEG 21KT 3084 8839 3064 8818 3042 8759
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
964
WWUS54 KMOB 290215
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
915 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2018
ALC003-097-290219-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-180629T0215Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-
915 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MOBILE AND SOUTHERN BALDWIN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds around 40 mph are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
southwestern Alabama.
LAT...LON 3022 8785 3040 8839 3100 8842 3060 8745
3041 8747 3035 8752 3034 8743 3033 8744
3032 8743 3032 8750 3031 8744 3031 8745
3030 8745 3030 8747 3029 8750 3030 8742
3031 8742 3031 8741 3022 8741
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 332DEG 21KT 3066 8828 3046 8807 3024 8748
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Jun 28, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Jun 28, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Jun 28, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Jun 28, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 26 min | |
| Jun 28, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 28, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 68 min | |
| Jun 28, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.