Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Mobile, AL

May 3, 2003Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2003, 10:26 AM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 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, 10:26 AM CDT (15:26 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2003, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Escambia 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

154 
WUUS54 KMOB 031526
SVRMOB
ALC053-031630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1026 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1026 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF US 29 AND CR
  43 TO 3 MILES WEST OF MCCULLOUGH...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MCCULLOUGH...HOLMAN PRISON BY 1030 AM CDT
  SARDINE...POARCH BY 1035 AM CDT
  LITTLE ROCK...I65 AND AL 21 BY 1040 AM CDT
  US 29 AND CR 43...BREWTON BY 1045 AM CDT

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 THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3122 8678 3125 8743 3120 8760 3102 8761
          3102 8672

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, 9:16 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, 10:59 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.