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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

March 3, 20194 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2019, 1:09 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 51 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 3, 2019, 1:09 PM CST (19:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2019, 2:00 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 11:03 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2019-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2019-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

425 
WUUS54 KMOB 031909
SVRMOB
ALC025-035-099-131-032000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0013.190303T1909Z-190303T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
109 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2019

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Monroe County in south central Alabama...
  Northern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
  Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
  North central Conecuh County in south central Alabama...

* Until 200 PM CST.

* At 109 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Whatley, or 6
  miles southeast of Grove Hill, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Thomasville, Camden, Grove Hill, Peterman, Whatley, Pine Hill,
  Beatrice, Vredenburgh, Fulton, Yellow Bluff and Pine Apple.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread
significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately
likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of
a building. This storm may cause serious injury and significant
property damage.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for south central
and southwestern Alabama.

LAT...LON 3205 8686 3196 8686 3196 8691 3164 8691
      3155 8687 3153 8684 3153 8797 3157 8804
      3157 8802 3158 8803 3199 8775 3199 8767
      3200 8766 3200 8763 3206 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 266DEG 42KT 3163 8773 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 11:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw63 min
Mar 3, 11:23 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw52 min
Mar 3, 11:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington38 min
Mar 3, 11:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke50 min
Mar 3, 12:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington52 min
Mar 3, 12:51 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington24 min
Mar 3, 1:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington48 min
Mar 3, 1:33 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington27 min
Mar 3, 1:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox41 min
Mar 3, 1:52 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe23 min
Mar 3, 1:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe50 min
Mar 3, 2:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia47 min
Mar 3, 2:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw67 min
Mar 3, 2:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile60 min
Mar 3, 2:31 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw29 min
Mar 3, 2:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia52 min
Mar 3, 2:48 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Mar 3, 2:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw23 min
Mar 3, 3:01 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Mar 3, 3:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile56 min
Mar 3, 3:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington40 min
Mar 3, 3:21 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
Mar 3, 3:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington50 min
Mar 3, 3:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington46 min
Mar 3, 3:57 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB79 min
Mar 3, 4:07 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB81 min
Mar 3, 4:09 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB36 min
Mar 3, 4:28 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Mar 3, 5:00 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Mar 3, 5:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 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.