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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Mobile, AL

August 10, 2021Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 12:14 PM CDT for Mobile 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
Aug 10, 2021, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
46 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), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3054 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 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
3054 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

188 
WUUS54 KMOB 101714
SVRMOB
ALC097-101800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0182.210810T1714Z-210810T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1214 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 100 PM CDT.

* At 1213 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Grand Bay,
  moving northwest at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Grand Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3038 8841 3039 8841 3038 8840 3060 8840
      3062 8832 3037 8824 3034 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 132DEG 11KT 3046 8835 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CGAL
2 follow-up statements
560 
WWUS54 KMOB 101744
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1244 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

ALC097-101800-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-210810T1800Z/
Mobile AL-
1244 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...

At 1244 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast
of Helena, or 6 miles northwest of Grand Bay, moving northwest at 15
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Grand Bay.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3044 8840 3060 8840 3062 8832 3054 8829
      3046 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 132DEG 11KT 3052 8843 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CGAL
034 
WWUS54 KMOB 101751
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1251 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

ALC097-101800-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-210810T1800Z/
Mobile AL-
1251 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 100 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has largely moved northwest out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3044 8840 3060 8840 3062 8832 3054 8829
      3046 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 132DEG 11KT 3053 8844 

$$

CGAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 11:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile45 min
Aug 10, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile45 min
Aug 10, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin39 min
Aug 10, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw38 min
Aug 10, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin34 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.