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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Mobile, AL

April 24, 2021Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 5:51 AM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 54 min. 16 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2021, 5:51 AM CDT (10:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2021, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 6:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw Appleton, ALTREES DOWN (ONE VERY LARGE OAK TREE IN THE ROAD) AND POWER LINES DOWN. REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Apr 24, 6:04 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nne Brewton, ALTREE FELL ON A HOME AT 1620 BROOKWOOD DR. BREWTON, AL NEAR THE CORNER OF SPRING ST AND BROOKWOOD DR. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:04 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nne Brewton, ALTREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON SPRING ST IN BREWTON, AL. PHOTOS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:05 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nne Brewton, ALTREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON ROSEMARY AVE. PHOTOS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:06 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sw Kirkland, ALTREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON DOGWOOD LN IN BREWTON, AL. PHOTOS GIVEN VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:21 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGDixie, ALSOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF A ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME AND A TRAILER ON THE GROUND COMMENTED WITH A PHOTO ON WAAO LOCAL ANDALUSIA RADIO FACEBOOK POST. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:21 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGJay, FLMULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY OF JAY, FL. PHOTOS PROVIDED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:26 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ssw Jay, FL911 CALL CENTER REPORTS THAT A LARGE OAK TREE FELL ON A HOME AND KNOCKED POWERLINES DOWN AT 13148 HIGHWAY 89.
Apr 24, 6:30 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Gantt, ALSEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE AREA OF AL 225 AT KILCREASE RD. REPORT GIVEN BY PUBLIC VIA LOCAL RADIO STATION. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:30 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ene Pleasant Home, ALPOWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ACROSS AL HWY 137 BETWEEN US 29 AND CONECUH NATIONAL FOREST BLUE LAKE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:34 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sse Carolina, ALTREES DOWN ON POWERLINES ALONG HOG FOOT RD IN CAROLINA COMMUNITY. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:36 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ne Andalusia, ALNEWS MEDIA REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR US 29 SOUTH IN ANDALUSIA, AL. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:36 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ese Libertyville, ALTREES DOWN ALONG CR 34 SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA, AL. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:38 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sw Sanford, ALVEHICLE STRUCK DOWNED TREE ON LINDSEY BRIDGE RD. NO INJURIES REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:43 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGOpp, ALMULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADWAYS ACROSS THE CITY OF OPP, AL. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Apr 24, 6:54 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Stedman, ALTREES DOWN ACROSS US HWY 331 BETWEEN REST AREA AND FLORALA AIRPORT. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 1:23 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2021-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

123 
WUUS54 KMOB 241051
SVRMOB
ALC013-035-039-041-053-FLC033-091-113-241145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0078.210424T1051Z-210424T1145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
551 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Butler County in south central Alabama...
  Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...
  Escambia County in south central Alabama...
  Conecuh County in south central Alabama...
  Covington County in south central Alabama...
  Northern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
  Northern Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
  Northwestern Escambia County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 645 AM CDT.

* At 551 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles northwest of Georgiana to 3 miles southeast
  of Castleberry to 4 miles west of Flomaton, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Andalusia, Atmore, Opp, Brewton, Evergreen, Luverne, Florala,
  Century, Flomaton, East Brewton, Georgiana, Brantley, McKenzie,
  River Falls, Castleberry, Jay, Red Level, Laurel Hill, Lockhart and
  Rutledge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Alabama...and northwestern Florida.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3154 8615 3153 8620 3100 8619 3099 8639
      3083 8639 3088 8763 3098 8759 3128 8721
      3172 8700 3175 8691 3181 8691 3184 8619
      3179 8620 3179 8615 3166 8615 3162 8618
      3162 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1051Z 268DEG 38KT 3170 8688 3127 8698 3103 8734 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa51 min
Apr 24, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia46 min
Apr 24, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa63 min
Apr 24, 6:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia4 hr
Apr 24, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa48 min
Apr 24, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa47 min
Apr 24, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa46 min
Apr 24, 8:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa111 min
Apr 24, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa16 min
Apr 24, 9:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa39 min
Apr 24, 10:01 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa14 min
Apr 24, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa46 min
Apr 24, 10:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa4 hr
Apr 24, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa36 min
Apr 24, 11:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa51 min
Apr 24, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa44 min
Apr 24, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia48 min
Apr 24, 6:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Apr 23, 7:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more17 hr
Apr 24, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington65 min
Apr 24, 3:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBClarke, Washington4 hr
Apr 24, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Washington39 min
Apr 24, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington50 min
Apr 24, 4:27 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington13 min
Apr 24, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe44 min
Apr 24, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox48 min
Apr 24, 6:21 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw24 min
Apr 24, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile30 min
Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington45 min
Apr 24, 9:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBClarke6 hr
Apr 24, 11:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile5 hr
Apr 24, 11:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia39 min
Apr 24, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Mobile, Washington38 min
Apr 24, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington39 min
Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington18 min
Apr 24, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia, Monroe45 min
Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington26 min
Apr 24, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe46 min
Apr 24, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh38 min
Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw47 min
Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke45 min
Apr 24, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw40 min
Apr 24, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke25 min
Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox49 min
Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox2 hr
Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington47 min
Apr 24, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox44 min
Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington46 min
Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox4 hr
Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Conecuh, Monroe50 min
Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox35 min
Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler27 min
Apr 24, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington43 min
Apr 24, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington20 min
Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw43 min
Apr 24, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe39 min
Apr 24, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw51 min
Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe46 min
Apr 24, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile40 min
Apr 24, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw39 min
Apr 24, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe66 min
Apr 24, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw64 min
Apr 24, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile48 min
Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBConecuh, Covington110 min
Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe29 min
Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.