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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Mobile, AL

April 25, 2003Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2003, 7:38 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2003-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2144 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2003-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

399 
WUUS54 KMOB 260038
SVRMOB
ALC003-260130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF I65 AND AL 225...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  I65 AND AL 225...STOCKTON BY 745 PM CDT
  I65 AND AL 59...CARPENTER BY 750 PM CDT
  BAY MINETTE...DOUGLASVILLE BY 755 PM CDT
  DYAS BY 800 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.

LAT...LON 3107 8794 3089 8796 3084 8795 3072 8763
          3101 8764

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, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia50 min
Apr 25, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe25 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.