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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Mobile, AL

August 11, 2021Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 6:29 PM CDT for Crenshaw 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 11, 2021, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1557 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
1557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

365 
WUUS54 KMOB 112329
SVRMOB
ALC041-120015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0186.210811T2329Z-210812T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
629 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 627 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
  Ansley, or 7 miles west of Troy, moving southwest 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...
  Luverne, Brantley, Rutledge, Glenwood and Petrey. 

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 3166 8616 3165 8616 3162 8618 3157 8627
      3183 8642 3189 8618 3183 8618 3181 8620
      3179 8620 3179 8615 3166 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 067DEG 8KT 3182 8609 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CGAL
1 follow-up statement
445 
WWUS54 KMOB 120007
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
707 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021

ALC041-120016-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0186.000000T0000Z-210812T0015Z/
Crenshaw AL-
707 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened to below severe 
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, heavy 
rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
southern Crenshaw County in south-central Alabama until 745 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3166 8616 3165 8616 3162 8618 3157 8627
      3183 8642 3189 8618 3183 8618 3181 8620
      3179 8620 3179 8615 3166 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 270DEG 8KT 3179 8618 

$$

CGAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington30 min
Aug 10, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh53 min
Aug 10, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia51 min
Aug 10, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia47 min
Aug 10, 8:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Aug 10, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Aug 11, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin26 min
Aug 11, 11:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile36 min
Aug 11, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile40 min
Aug 11, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile40 min
Aug 11, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw40 min
Aug 11, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington40 min
Aug 11, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox35 min
Aug 11, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox45 min
Aug 11, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh49 min
Aug 11, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw48 min
Aug 11, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh47 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.