Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2018, 12:57 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. 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
- Aug 10, 2018, 12:57 PM CDT (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2018, 1:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2011 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
227
WUUS54 KMOB 101757
SVRMOB
ALC131-101845-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0091.180810T1757Z-180810T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1257 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
* Until 145 PM CDT.
* At 1257 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northwest
of Camden, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Camden and Pine Apple.
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 this storm. 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 3211 8724 3210 8723 3208 8719 3207 8719
3206 8718 3205 8718 3205 8709 3199 8691
3184 8691 3183 8716 3202 8745 3213 8738
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 304DEG 19KT 3203 8735
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JLH2 follow-up statements
613
WWUS54 KMOB 101811
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
111 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2018
ALC131-101845-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-180810T1845Z/
Wilcox AL-
111 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY...
At 111 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Camden, moving
southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Camden and Pine Apple.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3205 8718 3198 8691 3184 8691 3183 8716
3199 8737 3206 8733 3209 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 305DEG 21KT 3200 8729
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JLH252
WWUS54 KMOB 101825
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
125 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2018
ALC131-101835-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-180810T1845Z/
Wilcox AL-
125 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX 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 3205 8718 3198 8691 3184 8691 3183 8716
3199 8737 3206 8733 3209 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 304DEG 19KT 3196 8722
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Aug 10, 8:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Aug 10, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 76 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.