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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Mobile, AL

September 1, 2021Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2021, 7:35 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
Sep 1, 2021, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 2021-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 241 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 2021-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

698 
WUUS54 KMOB 020035
SVRMOB
ALC053-FLC033-113-020115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0199.210902T0035Z-210902T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
735 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Escambia County in south central Alabama...
  Northern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
  North central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 734 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 12 miles east of East Brewton to 5 miles northwest
  of Pollard, moving south at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Brewton, Century, Flomaton, East Brewton, Jay, Pollard and
  Riverview.

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 3087 8724 3099 8731 3116 8735 3117 8700
      3093 8679 3090 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 337DEG 17KT 3111 8686 3109 8722 

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

$$

CGAL
1 follow-up statement
998 
WWUS54 KMOB 020107
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
807 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021

ALC053-FLC033-113-020116-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-210902T0115Z/
Escambia AL-Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
807 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA...
NORTHERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 815 PM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened to below severe 
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, gusty 
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3087 8724 3099 8731 3116 8735 3117 8700
      3093 8679 3090 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 270DEG 17KT 3098 8680 3096 8716 

$$

CGAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 7:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Sep 1, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa46 min
Sep 1, 9:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Sep 1, 7:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox4 hr
Sep 1, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia54 min
Sep 1, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington44 min
Sep 1, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington41 min
Sep 1, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin63 min

Nearby

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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.