Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2018, 12:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. 6 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
- Jul 22, 2018, 12:47 PM CDT (17:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2018, 1:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:13 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Heath, AL | VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF BASEBALL SIZE HAIL FALLING AND COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Jul 22, 1:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Straughn, AL | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND HAIL COVERING THE GROUND (RESULTING IN HAIL FOG) IN THE STRAUGHN AREA. PICTURES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jul 22, 1:20 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 Se Heath, AL | PICTURES OF 2 HAIL (MEASURED WITH A RULER) JUST EAST OF ANDALUSIA. PICTURES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jul 22, 1:20 PM CDT | HAIL 4 | 2 Nnw Sanford, AL | PICTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF 4 INCH+ HAILSTONE NEAR SANFORD, AL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 22, 1:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Babbie, AL | PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF GOLF BALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE BABBIE COMMUNITY. |
| Jul 22, 1:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 Nw Opp, AL | HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN OPP. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
343
WUUS54 KMOB 221747
SVRMOB
ALC013-035-039-041-221845-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0079.180722T1747Z-180722T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1247 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Butler County in south central Alabama...
Southwestern Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...
East central Conecuh County in south central Alabama...
Northern Covington County in south central Alabama...
* Until 145 PM CDT.
* At 1246 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of
McKenzie, or 16 miles northwest of Andalusia, now moving east
southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Opp, Red Level, Dozier, Heath and Gantt.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3123 8627 3146 8673 3162 8666 3152 8619
3150 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 292DEG 23KT 3151 8662
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
102
WWUS54 KMOB 221828
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
128 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2018
ALC013-035-039-041-221836-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-180722T1845Z/
Butler AL-Crenshaw AL-Conecuh AL-Covington AL-
128 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER...
SOUTHWESTERN CRENSHAW...EAST CENTRAL CONECUH AND NORTHERN COVINGTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. Another severe
thunderstorm has been issued.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
south central Alabama.
LAT...LON 3123 8627 3146 8673 3162 8666 3152 8619
3150 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 292DEG 23KT 3141 8634
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Covington | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 3:22 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 24 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 14 min |
| Jul 22, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 15 min |
| Jul 22, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 18 min |
| Jul 22, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 80 min |
| Jul 22, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Jul 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 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.