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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL

March 17, 2021Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 5:59 PM CDT for Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 17, 2021, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 17, 11:36 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2021-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 658 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 2021-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
658 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

790 
WUUS54 KMOB 172259
SVRMOB
ALC025-131-172345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0017.210317T2259Z-210317T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
559 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 559 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
  of Coffeeville, or 10 miles west of Grove Hill, moving northeast at
  40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 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 3191 8753 3181 8754 3156 8796 3165 8809
      3166 8808 3168 8808 3196 8777 3198 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 228DEG 33KT 3168 8795 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
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2 follow-up statements
579 
WWUS54 KMOB 172313
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
613 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

ALC025-131-172345-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210317T2345Z/
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-
613 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES...

At 612 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest of
Grove Hill, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 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 3191 8753 3182 8755 3167 8780 3176 8797
      3196 8777 3198 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 228DEG 33KT 3177 8784 

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

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487 
WWUS54 KMOB 172321
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
621 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

ALC025-131-172345-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210317T2345Z/
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-
621 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES...

At 621 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fulton, or 6
miles south of Thomasville, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Thomasville and Fulton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 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 3191 8753 3184 8756 3173 8776 3180 8793
      3196 8777 3198 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 228DEG 33KT 3182 8777 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 9:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox16 hr
Mar 16, 11:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington46 min
Mar 17, 4:18 AM CDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile26 hr
Mar 17, 4:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Wilcox18 hr
Mar 17, 10:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington32 days
Mar 17, 10:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBClarke, Washington32 days
Mar 17, 11:58 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw47 min
Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw46 min
Mar 17, 1:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw48 min
Mar 17, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw37 min
Mar 17, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke40 min
Mar 17, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw44 min
Mar 17, 2:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington6 hr
Mar 17, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington56 min
Mar 17, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke39 min
Mar 17, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw52 min
Mar 17, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw47 min
Mar 17, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw44 min
Mar 17, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox20 min
Mar 17, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWilcox14 min
Mar 17, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington26 min
Mar 17, 4:17 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMOBChoctaw, Clarke43 min
Mar 17, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke30 min
Mar 17, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox40 min
Mar 17, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWilcox37 min
Mar 17, 5:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox6 hr
Mar 17, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWilcox22 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.