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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL

March 17, 2018Mobile County, Alabama; George County, Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2018, 7:02 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama; George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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 17, 2018, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2018, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2018-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 679 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2018-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
679 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted.

305 
WUUS54 KMOB 180002
SVRMOB
ALC097-MSC039-041-180030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0008.180318T0002Z-180318T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
702 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2018

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
  Eastern George County in southeastern Mississippi...
  Southeastern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 730 PM CDT

* At 701 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lucedale,
  moving southeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Chunchula, Gulfcrest, Semmes, Tanner Williams and Wilmer. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3073 8841 3074 8841 3074 8847 3080 8863
      3092 8856 3107 8851 3106 8819 3080 8820
      3071 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 296DEG 34KT 3091 8856 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
054 
WWUS54 KMOB 180027
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
727 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2018

ALC097-MSC039-041-180037-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-180318T0030Z/
Mobile AL-George MS-Greene MS-
727 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MOBILE...EASTERN
GEORGE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3073 8841 3074 8841 3074 8847 3080 8863
      3092 8856 3107 8851 3106 8819 3080 8820
      3071 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 296DEG 34KT 3081 8833 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile32 min
Mar 18, 7:09 AM CDTRip Current StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile72 hr
Mar 18, 9:17 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB39 hr
Mar 18, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2018Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.