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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Mobile, AL

June 19, 2023Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2023, 4:49 AM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. 18 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
Jun 19, 2023, 4:49 AM CDT (09:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2023, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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
Jun 19, 4:51 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Highland Home, ALTree fallen on home.
Jun 19, 4:51 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Highland Home, ALTree fallen on home.
Jun 19, 4:51 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Highland Home, ALTree fallen on home.
Jun 19, 5:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Highland Home, ALTree fallen on home.
Jun 19, 5:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Highland Home, ALTree fallen on home.
Jun 19, 5:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Highland Home, ALTree fallen on home.
Jun 19, 5:04 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Petrey, ALReports of numerous trees down.
Jun 19, 5:04 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Petrey, ALReports of numerous trees down.
Jun 19, 5:04 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Petrey, ALReports of numerous trees down.
Jun 19, 5:07 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Patsburg, ALStructural damage to home from fallen tree.
Jun 19, 5:07 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Patsburg, ALStructural damage to home from fallen tree.
Jun 19, 5:07 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Patsburg, ALStructural damage to home from fallen tree.
Jun 19, 5:07 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGLuverne, ALNumerous trees downed in Luverne AL.
Jun 19, 5:07 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGLuverne, ALNumerous trees downed in Luverne AL.
Jun 19, 5:07 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGLuverne, ALNumerous trees downed in Luverne AL.
Jun 19, 5:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGBrantley, ALTrees down in Brantley AL.
Jun 19, 5:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGBrantley, ALTrees down in Brantley AL.
Jun 19, 5:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGBrantley, ALTrees down in Brantley AL.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2023-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 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 2023-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-282 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

354 
WUUS54 KMOB 190949
SVRMOB
ALC041-191030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0252.230619T0949Z-230619T1030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
449 AM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...

* Until 530 AM CDT.

* At 448 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Beechwood to 3 miles southwest of Logan to
  Greenville to 3 miles northwest of Georgiana, moving east at 65
  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...
  Luverne, Brantley, Rutledge, Glenwood, Petrey and Highland Home. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3153 8620 3148 8619 3149 8628 3153 8628
      3150 8633 3153 8650 3166 8649 3166 8645
      3197 8645 3197 8640 3205 8640 3205 8630
      3197 8630 3196 8618 3179 8620 3179 8615
      3166 8615 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0948Z 274DEG 57KT 3211 8662 3195 8653 3181 8660 3166
8680

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

JLH
1 follow-up statement
157 
WWUS54 KMOB 191030
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
530 AM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023

ALC041-191040-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-230619T1030Z/
Crenshaw AL-
530 AM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CRENSHAW COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3153 8620 3148 8619 3149 8628 3153 8628
      3150 8633 3153 8650 3166 8649 3166 8645
      3197 8645 3197 8640 3205 8640 3205 8630
      3197 8630 3196 8618 3179 8620 3179 8615
      3166 8615 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 274DEG 57KT 3206 8586 3190 8577 3176 8584 3161
8604

$$

JLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw39 min
Jun 19, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw39 min
Jun 19, 3:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBChoctaw2 hr
Jun 19, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox32 min
Jun 19, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox43 min
Jun 19, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler41 min
Jun 19, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh37 min
Jun 19, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler14 min
Jun 19, 5:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington52 min
Jun 19, 5:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington, Escambia50 min
Jun 19, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington23 min
Jun 19, 6:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia66 min
Jun 19, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia46 min
Jun 19, 8:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington60 min
Jun 19, 8:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile66 min
Jun 19, 8:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Jun 19, 8:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile56 min
Jun 19, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia56 min
Jun 19, 9:39 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia51 min
Jun 19, 10:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington53 min
Jun 19, 10:52 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
Jun 19, 10:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB50 min
Jun 19, 11:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin48 min
Jun 19, 12:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Jun 19, 12:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jun 19, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile57 min
Jun 19, 12:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Jun 19, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin52 min
Jun 19, 12:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin49 min
Jun 19, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 min
Jun 19, 12:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin27 min
Jun 19, 1:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBBaldwin17 min
Jun 19, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB43 min
Jun 19, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile55 min
Jun 19, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin66 min
Jun 19, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile59 min
Jun 19, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile63 min
Jun 19, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jun 19, 2:05 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatMOBBaldwin, Mobile5 hr
Jun 19, 2:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Jun 19, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia50 min
Jun 19, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw, Wilcox63 min
Jun 19, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Jun 19, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile5 hr
Jun 19, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile46 min
Jun 19, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile44 min
Jun 19, 3:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWilcox3 hr
Jun 19, 3:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile4 hr
Jun 19, 3:31 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatMOBMobile3 hr
Jun 19, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox57 min
Jun 19, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington59 min
Jun 19, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB118 min
Jun 19, 4:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox2 hr
Jun 19, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington52 min
Jun 19, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jun 19, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile25 min
Jun 19, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Jun 19, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile43 min
Jun 19, 6:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBMobile3 hr

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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.