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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL

March 25, 2021Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2021, 7:36 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
Mar 25, 2021, 7:36 AM CDT (12:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2021-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 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 2021-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 613 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
613 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
713 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

As transmitted.

179 
WUUS54 KMOB 251236
SVRMOB
ALC023-251315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0031.210325T1236Z-210325T1315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
736 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 815 AM CDT.

* At 736 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
  Butler, moving northeast at 55 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Butler, Lisman and Pennington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3230 8794 3230 8798
      3228 8802 3218 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804
      3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
      3200 8810 3200 8809 3199 8810 3193 8823
      3204 8840 3231 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 225DEG 47KT 3203 8824 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
549 
WWUS54 KMOB 251246
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
746 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

ALC023-251315-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210325T1315Z/
Choctaw AL-
746 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...

At 745 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of
Butler, moving northeast at 55 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Butler, Lisman and Pennington. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3230 8794 3230 8798
      3228 8802 3218 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804
      3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
      3200 8810 3200 8809 3199 8810 3201 8814
      3209 8833 3231 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 225DEG 47KT 3212 8813 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
711 
WWUS54 KMOB 251300
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
800 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

ALC023-251310-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210325T1315Z/
Choctaw AL-
800 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3230 8794 3230 8798
      3228 8802 3218 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804
      3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
      3200 8810 3200 8809 3199 8810 3201 8814
      3209 8833 3231 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 225DEG 47KT 3226 8796 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington56 min
Mar 24, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington46 min
Mar 24, 11:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBClarke, Mobile, Washington3 hr
Mar 24, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe43 min
Mar 25, 12:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe49 min
Mar 25, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe25 min
Mar 25, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh57 min
Mar 25, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw45 min
Mar 25, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw23 min
Mar 25, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh50 min
Mar 25, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler39 min
Mar 25, 7:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw40 min
Mar 25, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw40 min
Mar 25, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw24 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.