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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2002Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2002, 8:55 AM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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 26, 2002, 8:55 AM CST (14:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2002, 9:45 AM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1284 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
1284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 261455
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-261545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
854 AM CST TUE MAR 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  COASTAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 854 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAUPHIN
  ISLAND TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GULF SHORES BY 925 AM CST
  FOLEY...ORANGE BEACH BY 935 AM CST

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS.  IF IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3038 8832 3004 8833 3012 8754 3044 8759

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 7:46 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 26, 7:46 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 26, 9:55 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr

Nearby

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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.