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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Mobile, AL

April 25, 2003Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2003, 7:25 PM CDT for Escambia 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
Apr 25, 2003, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Escambia County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2003-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 770 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2003-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
770 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

094 
WUUS54 KMOB 260025
SVRMOB
ALC053-260115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
725 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES WEST OF BREWTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BREWTON...EAST BREWTON BY 805 PM CDT

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 3127 8755 3117 8758 3102 8690 3127 8685

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile45 min
Apr 25, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler23 min
Apr 25, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe25 min
Apr 25, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin52 min
Apr 25, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler46 min
Apr 25, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile35 min
Apr 25, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw45 min
Apr 25, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Apr 25, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile47 min
Apr 25, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin46 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.