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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

March 4, 2025Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2025, 6:31 PM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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 4, 2025, 6:31 PM CST (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2025, 7:00 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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 4, 5:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 4, 12:22 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2025-03-05Temperature 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 2025-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
597 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

661 
WUUS54 KMOB 050031
SVRMOB
ALC023-025-129-MSC153-050100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0021.250305T0031Z-250305T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
631 PM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
  Northern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
  Northwestern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
  Southeastern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 700 PM CST.

* At 631 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Causeyville to 3 miles west of Waynesboro to 4
  miles southwest of Clara to near Richton, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Gilbertown, Saint Stephens, Toxey, Lisman, Silas, Chatom,
  Coffeeville, Pennington, Millry, and Butler.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CST for southeastern
Mississippi. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 100 AM CST
for southwestern Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3230 8794 3230 8800
      3228 8802 3225 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804
      3209 8805 3206 8812 3201 8811 3199 8807
      3199 8778 3170 8788 3148 8802 3142 8845
      3144 8845 3143 8860 3156 8850 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 256DEG 38KT 3222 8854 3169 8871 3154 8876 3138
8897

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 6:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington34 min
Mar 4, 6:34 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington41 min
Mar 4, 6:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington63 min
Mar 4, 7:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington61 min
Mar 4, 7:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox53 min
Mar 4, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile35 min
Mar 4, 8:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington53 min
Mar 4, 8:16 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Mar 4, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox65 min
Mar 4, 8:58 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Mobile62 min
Mar 4, 9:10 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Mar 4, 9:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe62 min
Mar 4, 9:39 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB36 min
Mar 4, 9:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin61 min
Mar 4, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe40 min
Mar 4, 10:16 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Mar 4, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw59 min
Mar 4, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMOBCovington, Escambia66 min
Mar 4, 11:31 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB74 min
Mar 4, 11:33 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB72 min
Mar 5, 4:49 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more13 hr
Mar 5, 4:54 AM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile22 hr
Mar 4, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry58 min
Mar 4, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone59 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.