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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL

April 18, 20194 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2019, 6:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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
Apr 18, 2019, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2019, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 18, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ese Coffeeville, ALEMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS A TREE DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 84 AND WINN RD. TIME ESTIMATED BY 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 18, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2019-04-18Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2019-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

566 
WUUS54 KMOB 182318
SVRMOB
ALC023-025-129-131-190015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0049.190418T2318Z-190419T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
618 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2019

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
  Northern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
  Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
  Western Wilcox County in south central Alabama...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 618 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles south of Sweet Water to Chatom, moving east
  at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Jackson, Thomasville, Grove Hill, Chatom, Saint Stephens, Leroy,
  Whatley, Pine Hill, Coffeeville, Fulton and Yellow Bluff.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
and southwestern Alabama.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3227 8744 3225 8742 3224 8739 3220 8736
      3220 8733 3214 8728 3214 8725 3212 8725
      3183 8746 3183 8750 3181 8752 3175 8752
      3146 8773 3144 8845 3199 8805 3199 8767
      3200 8763 3213 8762 3213 8752 3227 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 269DEG 31KT 3199 8790 3145 8826 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
157 
WWUS54 KMOB 182358
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
658 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2019

ALC023-190008-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-190419T0015Z/
Choctaw AL-
658 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
and southwestern Alabama.

LAT...LON 3227 8744 3220 8736 3220 8733 3214 8728
      3214 8725 3183 8746 3183 8750 3181 8752
      3175 8752 3146 8773 3145 8818 3198 8780
      3200 8763 3213 8762 3213 8752 3227 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 268DEG 22KT 3217 8746 3148 8800 

$$

ALC025-129-131-190015-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-190419T0015Z/
Washington AL-Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-
658 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHERN CLARKE AND WESTERN WILCOX
COUNTIES...

At 658 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles southeast of Consul to near Leroy, moving east
at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Thomasville, Grove Hill, Saint Stephens, Leroy, Whatley,
Pine Hill, Fulton and Yellow Bluff.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
and southwestern Alabama.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3227 8744 3220 8736 3220 8733 3214 8728
      3214 8725 3183 8746 3183 8750 3181 8752
      3175 8752 3146 8773 3145 8818 3198 8780
      3200 8763 3213 8762 3213 8752 3227 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 268DEG 22KT 3217 8746 3148 8800 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 4:49 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more22 hr
Apr 18, 3:54 PM CDTGale WarningMOB12 hr
Apr 18, 3:54 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB54 hr
Apr 18, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw52 min
Apr 18, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington60 min
Apr 18, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington61 min
Apr 18, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Mobile, Washington39 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.