Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 3:44 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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
- May 2, 2021, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 4:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
885 WUUS54 KMOB 022044 SVRMOB ALC023-025-129-022130- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0113.210502T2044Z-210502T2130Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Mobile AL 344 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021 The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama... Northeastern Washington County in southwestern Alabama... West central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama... * Until 430 PM CDT. * At 343 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chatom, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Saint Stephens and Coffeeville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3168 8790 3138 8813 3143 8826 3181 8818 TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 204DEG 25KT 3146 8819 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ CGAL
3 follow-up statements
966 WWUS54 KMOB 022057 SVSMOB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 357 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021 ALC023-025-129-022130- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-210502T2130Z/ Choctaw AL-Washington AL-Clarke AL- 357 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND WEST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES... At 357 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of Saint Stephens, or 8 miles northeast of Chatom, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Saint Stephens and Coffeeville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3148 8805 3155 8824 3181 8818 3168 8790 TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 204DEG 25KT 3155 8814 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ CGAL
756
WWUS54 KMOB 022110
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
410 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
ALC023-022119-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-210502T2130Z/
Choctaw AL-
410 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning is moving east of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3168 8790 3156 8808 3159 8817 3170 8813
3170 8809 3174 8809 3176 8811 3177 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 205DEG 27KT 3164 8808
$$
ALC025-129-022130-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-210502T2130Z/
Washington AL-Clarke AL-
410 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND WEST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES...
At 409 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Saint Stephens, or 14 miles northwest of Jackson, moving northeast at
30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts, possible brief tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Coffeeville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3168 8790 3156 8808 3159 8817 3170 8813
3170 8809 3174 8809 3176 8811 3177 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 205DEG 27KT 3164 8808
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JLH048
WWUS54 KMOB 022117
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
417 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
ALC025-129-022126-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-210502T2130Z/
Washington AL-Clarke AL-
417 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND
WEST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES 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 3168 8790 3156 8808 3159 8817 3170 8813
3170 8809 3174 8809 3176 8811 3177 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 204DEG 25KT 3169 8805
$$
JLHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:05 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 30 hr | |
| May 2, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| May 2, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| May 2, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 41 min |
| May 2, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 39 min |
| May 2, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 2, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 26 min | |
| May 2, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 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.