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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Mobile, AL

May 3, 2003Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2003, 2:59 AM CDT for Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
May 3, 2003, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2003, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2003-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2674 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 2003-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
2674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

040 
WUUS54 KMOB 030759
SVRMOB
ALC025-099-030845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
257 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 257 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHANCE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PACKARDS BEND BY 310 AM CDT
  FRANKLIN BY 315 AM CDT
  TINELA...HYBART BY 315 AM CDT
  VREDENBURGH BY 325 AM CDT

ANOTHER SEVERE THUINDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ALONG THE LOWER TOMBIGBEE 
RIVER OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY WEST OF CARLTON...MOVING 
EAST AT 20 MPH.

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 THEY HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3179 8760 3167 8756 3174 8724 3185 8729
          3183 8750

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia56 min
May 2, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler35 min
May 2, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe34 min
May 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw62 min
May 2, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington49 min
May 2, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia59 min
May 2, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington64 min
May 2, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh57 min
May 2, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington42 min
May 2, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke39 min
May 2, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia40 min
May 2, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Wilcox52 min
May 2, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin41 min
May 3, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia39 min
May 3, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin31 min
May 3, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington41 min
May 3, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia38 min
May 3, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw46 min
May 3, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe44 min
May 3, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh53 min
May 3, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler63 min
May 3, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe59 min
May 3, 10:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington57 min
May 3, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia64 min
May 3, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin61 min
May 3, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile56 min
May 3, 12:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin56 min
May 3, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
May 3, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
May 3, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile56 min
May 3, 12:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile66 min
May 3, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington28 min
May 3, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington50 min
May 3, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
May 3, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
May 3, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile28 min
May 3, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
May 3, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile47 min

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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.