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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Mobile, AL

July 12, 2021Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2021, 1:19 PM CDT for Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 12, 2021, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2021-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

039 
WUUS54 KMOB 121819
SVRMOB
ALC025-131-121900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0162.210712T1819Z-210712T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
119 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
  Southwestern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...

* Until 200 PM CDT.

* At 119 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest
  of Whatley, or 7 miles south of Grove Hill, moving northeast at 30
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Jackson, Thomasville, Grove Hill, Whatley and Fulton. 

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 3187 8742 3183 8746 3183 8750 3181 8750
      3181 8752 3176 8752 3144 8779 3149 8791
      3153 8794 3154 8799 3199 8770 3200 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 212DEG 25KT 3160 8781 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
592 
WWUS54 KMOB 121846
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
146 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021

ALC025-131-121900-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-210712T1900Z/
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-
146 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES...

At 146 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grove Hill,
moving northeast at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Thomasville, Grove Hill, Whatley and Fulton. 

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 3187 8742 3183 8746 3183 8750 3181 8750
      3181 8752 3176 8752 3152 8772 3164 8792
      3199 8770 3200 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 211DEG 23KT 3173 8772 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
358 
WWUS54 KMOB 121853
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
153 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021

ALC025-131-121903-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-210712T1900Z/
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-
153 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND
SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 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.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3187 8742 3183 8746 3183 8750 3181 8750
      3181 8752 3176 8752 3152 8772 3164 8792
      3199 8770 3200 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 212DEG 25KT 3174 8771 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB117 min
Jul 11, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Jul 12, 11:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox31 min
Jul 12, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw26 min
Jul 12, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington53 min
Jul 12, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw51 min
Jul 12, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington46 min
Jul 12, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke44 min
Jul 12, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke52 min
Jul 12, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Mobile, Washington31 min
Jul 12, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington40 min
Jul 12, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile40 min
Jul 12, 1:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBClarke, Washington3 hr
Jul 12, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe, Wilcox50 min
Jul 12, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke48 min
Jul 12, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile43 min
Jul 12, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Monroe52 min
Jul 12, 2:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Jul 12, 2:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Jul 12, 2:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Monroe3 hr
Jul 12, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington51 min
Jul 12, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Jul 12, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Conecuh, Escambia45 min
Jul 12, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
Jul 12, 3:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe3 hr
Jul 12, 4:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBCovington, Escambia3 hr
Jul 12, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB36 min
Jul 12, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB72 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.