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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Mobile, AL

July 17, 2021Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2021, 3:28 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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 17, 2021, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2285 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
2285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

593 
WUUS54 KMOB 172028
SVRMOB
ALC097-172115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0168.210717T2028Z-210717T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
328 PM CDT Sat Jul 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 415 PM CDT.

* At 328 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Midtown
  Mobile, moving northeast at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Saraland, Chickasaw,
  Satsuma, I65 And I165, I65 And AL 158, I10 And I65 and Mobile
  Regional Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3066 8827 3092 8815 3081 8797 3080 8796
      3081 8799 3079 8796 3079 8798 3077 8802
      3077 8796 3074 8801 3072 8801 3073 8799
      3071 8799 3078 8794 3077 8793 3078 8793
      3079 8794 3078 8792 3057 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 209DEG 8KT 3068 8814 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 11:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile42 min
Jul 17, 11:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington50 min
Jul 17, 12:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBChoctaw3 hr
Jul 17, 1:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe43 min
Jul 17, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe41 min
Jul 17, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Monroe55 min
Jul 17, 1:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw39 min
Jul 17, 2:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBChoctaw, Clarke3 hr
Jul 17, 3:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBChoctaw, Washington3 hr
Jul 17, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile65 min
Jul 17, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington43 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.