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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Mobile, AL

May 3, 2003Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2003, 9:16 AM CDT for Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2003, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 9:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 618 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

176 
WUUS54 KMOB 031416
SVRMOB
ALC025-099-031500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
914 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 1000 AM CDT

* AT 914 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FINCHBURG...MOVING        
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO MONROE COUNTY BY   
  925 AM.  ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF CHILTON IN  
  CLARKE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAIBORNE BY 920 AM CDT
  PERDUE HILL...FOUNTAIN BY 925 AM CDT
  MANISTEE BY 930 AM CDT
  MEXIA BY 935 AM 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 3169 8759 3154 8771 3133 8739 3156 8722

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, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe46 min
May 3, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia38 min
May 3, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw46 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

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.