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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Mobile, AL

August 11, 2021Butler County, Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 7:01 PM CDT for Butler County, Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

990 
WUUS54 KMOB 120001
SVRMOB
ALC013-039-041-120045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0188.210812T0001Z-210812T0045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Butler County in south central Alabama...
  Southern Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...
  Northern Covington County in south central Alabama...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 700 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 3 miles southeast of Georgiana to 5 miles north of
  Elba, moving north 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...
  Brantley, McKenzie and Dozier. 

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 these storms. 
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 these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3154 8616 3153 8616 3153 8620 3136 8620
      3149 8670 3152 8670 3152 8676 3172 8657
      3163 8618 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 179DEG 9KT 3161 8670 3149 8611 

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

$$

CGAL
1 follow-up statement
583 
WWUS54 KMOB 120041
SVSMOB

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

ALC013-039-041-120049-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-210812T0045Z/
Butler AL-Crenshaw AL-Covington AL-
741 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER...SOUTHERN
CRENSHAW AND NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, gusty 
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for 
Northeastern Butler and Crenshaw counties in south-central Alabama 
until 815 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3154 8616 3153 8616 3153 8620 3136 8620
      3149 8670 3152 8670 3152 8676 3172 8657
      3163 8618 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 270DEG 9KT 3170 8669 3158 8610 

$$

CGAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw45 min
Aug 11, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw44 min
Aug 11, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh43 min
Aug 11, 7:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBButler, Crenshaw3 hr
Aug 11, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler44 min
Aug 11, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBButler3 hr
Aug 12, 9:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Aug 12, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia59 min
Aug 12, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw57 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.