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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Mobile, AL

March 31, 2021Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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 31, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 31, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2021-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1030 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2021-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

As transmitted.

876 
WUUS54 KMOB 311845
SVRMOB
ALC023-311900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0040.210331T1845Z-210331T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
145 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 200 PM CDT.

* At 145 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles southwest of Putnam to 5 miles northwest of
  Coffeeville, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
  south central Choctaw County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3201 8811 3199 8810 3201 8809 3198 8806
      3195 8808 3197 8809 3195 8812 3192 8809
      3194 8807 3193 8805 3190 8813 3187 8813
      3181 8818 3175 8814 3176 8810 3170 8809
      3173 8829 3188 8827 3203 8827 3205 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 272DEG 42KT 3198 8815 3189 8808 3180 8816 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 7:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWashington108 min
Mar 30, 8:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile21 days
Mar 31, 3:35 AM CDTGale WatchMOB6 hr
Mar 31, 3:35 AM CDTGale WarningMOB33 hr
Mar 31, 3:35 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB8 hr
Mar 31, 3:35 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB57 hr
Mar 31, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw50 min
Mar 31, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw54 min
Mar 31, 1:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw9 min
Mar 31, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke61 min
Mar 31, 1:43 PM CDTFreeze WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe and 2 more13 hr
Mar 31, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox47 min
Mar 31, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington56 min
Mar 31, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe, Wilcox61 min
Mar 31, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw60 min
Mar 31, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw33 min
Mar 31, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington47 min
Mar 31, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile45 min
Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington44 min
Mar 31, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Mar 31, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB26 min
Mar 31, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Mar 31, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 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.