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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

January 19, 2002Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2002, 11:52 AM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
Jan 19, 2002, 11:52 AM CST (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2002, 12:15 PM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2002-01-19Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2002-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 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
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
403 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 191752
SVRMOB
ALC129-191815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1151 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1215 PM CST

* AT 1151 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF YELLOW PINE...MOVING EAST AT
  65 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHATOM...YARBO BY 1155 AM CST
  BIGBEE BY NOON CST
  ST STEPHENS BY 1205 PM CST
  LEROY BY 1210 PM CST

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

LAT...LON 3156 8850 3138 8846 3147 8791 3163 8811

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 11:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw29 min
Jan 19, 11:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox31 min
Jan 19, 12:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington30 min
Jan 19, 1:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe29 min
Jan 19, 1:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw22 min

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.