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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Mobile, AL

May 3, 2003Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2003, 12:34 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 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, 12:34 PM CDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2003, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mobile 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1897 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1897 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

090 
WUUS54 KMOB 031734
SVRMOB
ALC097-031830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1234 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF MOFFET...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WILMER BY 1240 PM CDT
  GEORGETOWN BY 1245 PM CDT
  LOTT AND COLEMAN DAIRY ROADS...CHUNCHULA BY 1250 PM CDT
  OAK GROVE...SEMMES BY 100 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 3103 8836 3083 8796 3079 8803 3068 8800
          3061 8806 3085 8842 3096 8842

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, 10:26 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, 12:54 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.