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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Mobile, AL

August 1, 2021Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 6:14 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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
Aug 1, 2021, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 6:40 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1490 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 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
1490 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

548 
WUUS54 KMOB 012314
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-020000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0178.210801T2314Z-210802T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
614 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
  West central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 614 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Satsuma,
  moving southeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  east central Mobile and west central Baldwin Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3083 8807 3093 8800 3087 8781 3070 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 315DEG 5KT 3085 8801 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
195 
WWUS54 KMOB 012340
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
640 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

ALC003-097-012350-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-210802T0000Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-
640 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MOBILE AND WEST
CENTRAL BALDWIN 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.  However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3083 8807 3093 8800 3087 8781 3070 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 315DEG 5KT 3082 8798 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Jul 31, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia66 min
Jul 31, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Jul 31, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia65 min
Jul 31, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Jul 31, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Jul 31, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 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.