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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Mobile, AL

June 14, 2023Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2023, 4:37 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2023, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2023, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 3:48 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:48 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1245 PM CDT Wed Jun 14 2023

ALZ054>060-141845-
Wilcox AL-Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-Butler AL-Covington AL-Escambia AL-
Crenshaw AL-
1245 PM CDT Wed Jun 14 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Butler, northeastern
Monroe, Crenshaw, eastern Escambia, southeastern Wilcox, eastern
Conecuh and Covington Counties through 145 PM CDT...

At 1243 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 10 miles southwest of Rutledge, or 12 miles west
of Luverne, moving northeast at 35 mph. Other strong storms are
developing just to the west and southwest of this storm.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Andalusia, Greenville, Opp, Evergreen, Luverne, Georgiana, Brantley,
McKenzie, River Falls, Red Level, Rutledge, Dozier, Heath, Gantt,
Glenwood, Pine Apple, Petrey and Highland Home.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3153 8616 3153 8620 3124 8619 3102 8696
      3197 8701 3199 8686 3196 8686 3196 8641
      3205 8640 3205 8630 3197 8630 3196 8619
      3189 8617 3179 8620 3179 8615 3166 8615
      3166 8616 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 247DEG 31KT 3165 8646

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
433 PM CDT Wed Jun 14 2023

ALZ051-142215-
Choctaw AL-
433 PM CDT Wed Jun 14 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Choctaw
County through 515 PM CDT...

At 433 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Kinterbish, or 10 miles southeast of Cuba,
moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Pennington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southwestern Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3228 8794 3230 8794
      3230 8800 3228 8801 3228 8802 3227 8802
      3226 8801 3220 8801 3222 8841 3231 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 267DEG 26KT 3231 8827

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 3:18 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more	43 hr
Jun 14, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	60 min
Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	42 min
Jun 14, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	37 min
Jun 14, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	24 min
Jun 14, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Monroe, Wilcox	44 min
Jun 14, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	37 min
Jun 14, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox	45 min
Jun 14, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	26 min
Jun 14, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	31 min
Jun 14, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	44 min
Jun 14, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw	48 min
Jun 14, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh	28 min
Jun 14, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Covington	25 min
Jun 14, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	31 min
Jun 14, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington, Escambia	64 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.