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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL

February 22, 2003Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2003, 1:58 AM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
Feb 22, 2003, 1:58 AM CST (07:58 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2003, 2:30 AM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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
Feb 21, 8:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Feb 22, 12:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2003-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 199 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 2003-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 440 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
199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
440 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
510 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

585 
WUUS54 KMOB 220758
SVRMOB
FLC033-220830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
158 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 158 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF PERDIDO KEY...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PENSACOLA PASS...FORT PICKENS BY 205 AM CST
  WARRINGTON...PENSACOLA NAVAL BASE BY 210 AM CST
  WEST PENSACOLA...BROWNSVILLE BY 215 AM CST
  BRENT...PENSACOLA REGIONAL AIRPORT BY 220 AM 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 3019 8753 3011 8734 3042 8715 3063 8727

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 1:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia26 min
Feb 22, 3:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.